Boys' name · since 1915
Lewin
275 babies named Lewin in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,422 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lewin is the #5422 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 275 recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lewin has been recorded 275 times among boys since 1915, currently ranked #5422 nationally and more common than 61% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #11,130 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,422 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 275 born since 1915
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lewin ranks #11,130 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,422 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 275 born since 1915, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,130 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,422 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lewin's 275 recorded births place it above 75.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lewin compares
275 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lewin's all-time total is 25% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lewin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 275 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lewin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lewin's full recorded timeline at 1961, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lewin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Lewin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (90 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Lewin's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Lewin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 25
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 90 births (33% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lewin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lewin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.