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Lewi

#7,036 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly he will join, through לֵוִי

Lewi has been given to 144 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #7,036 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Lewi, 2025

1 in 276,000

Lewi over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lewi: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly he will join, through לֵוִי

the Bible, Ancient Greek, Hebrew and Late Latin

What Lewi means

Lewi belongs to the name family reached through Lewi → לֵוִי. Its meaning is “he will join”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lewi is used in Hawaiian and Polish. Its origins include the Bible, Ancient Greek, Hebrew and Late Latin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Levi and לֵוִי.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Lewi is pronounced /ˈle.wi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 144 boys were recorded with the name Lewi between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2022; its best national rank was #6,028 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,218 in 2020 to #7,036 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,228 in 2015 to #7,036 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lewi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 142,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,036
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lewi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lewi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lewis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lewi was born before 2019 — so the typical Lewi is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
54.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
144
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 54.2% of all recorded uses (78).

Is Lewi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+508
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,182
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,192
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
80.0%
Peak was 2022 (15)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,028
2022

Spellings of Lewi

Lewi is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 20.7% against Lewi's 0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lewi around the world

Where Lewi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2020–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lewi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,036
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,182
Best rank ever
#6,028
2022
Peak year
2022
15 that year
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
144
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Lewi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

LewinLewynLewLewieLeweyLewellLewayneLewardLewellynLewis

Sibling names for Lewi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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