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How popular is the name Lewys?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lewyses are alive today.
Lewys (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Lewis in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 52 babies were given the name, the 500th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 8% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lewis you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Lewises born in England and Wales are between 19 and 38, and there are at least 170,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 43% chance that at least one of them will be called Lewis.
How many babies are named Lewys each year?
Includes all spellings: Lewys, Lewis, Louis. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lewys spelling rank?
Where does the Lewis spelling rank?
Where does the Louis spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lewys most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Lewis, peaked in 2001, when 6,529 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Lewys spelling itself peaked in 2004, with 52 babies.
How many people are called Lewys?
At least 170,000 people named Lewys in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lewys?
Most living Lewyses are between 19 and 38; the most common age is about 26.
Is Lewys becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2001 peak.