Boy
Lewis
Lewis means "Renowned warrior" and comes from Germanic, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1921.
GermanicRenowned warrior
GermanicEnglish form of Louis
Births by decade
1900s
4,060
1910s
17,912
1920s
25,490
1930s
20,140
1940s
21,032
1950s
18,211
1960s
11,764
1970s
7,605
1980s
5,895
1990s
4,530
2000s
3,406
2010s
3,517
Peaked in the 1920s · 143,562 total U.S. births since 1900