# Lew (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lew/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ljuː/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,208 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,193 / 15 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5 | 4,968 |
| 1956 | 5 | 6,473 |
| 1957 | 5 | 6,625 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 12 | 3,532 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,092 |
| 1983 | 10 | 4,038 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,933 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,332 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,619 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,922 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,700 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,288 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,931 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,596 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,548 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,132 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,142 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Lew

- Lew Wallace, American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesm
- Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (1934–1994)
- Lew Rockwell, American libertarian author, editor, and political consultant
- Lew Temple, American actor
- Lew Cody, American actor (1884-1934)
- Lew Soloff, American musician (1944-2015)
- Lew Wasserman, American studio executive and talent agent (1913-2002)
- Lew Beck, American basketball player (1922–1970)
- Lew Landers, American film and television director (1901–1962)
- Lew Harvey, American actor (1887-1953)
- Lew Fields, American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer (1867-1941)
- Lew Allen, American Air Force general (1925-2010)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.