Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Lewis in π?

Yes! Lewis first turns up at decimal place 16,781.

From letters to digits

  1. L5
  2. E3
  3. W9
  4. I4
  5. S7

On a phone, Lewis is 53947. That's the 5-digit run we look for.

Where it sits

Decimal place 16,781. It sits about 16,781 digits after the 3.

Who lives nearby

  • 105 digits back to alpacas
  • 1,936 digits back to fixedly
  • Marie Curie, 44 digits on
  • AS Roma, 660 digits on

Nearest of all: Marie Curie, just 44 digits to the right.

Fun facts

Decimal place 16,781: close enough to visit, far enough to feel special.

Line up 883 pencils and the last one points at your name (one digit per cm).

Among popular names

Lewis turns up earlier than 80% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 395 of the 2,007 we found.

Names nearby in π

Lewis made our list from the US baby-name charts.

See every name

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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