Luis
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #144 for boys in 2025, 2,475 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
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- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 7,662 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 35 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 292,959since 1880
Luis over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #144 | 2,475 |
| 2024 | — | #130 | 2,787 | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #134 | 2,772 |
| 2022 | — | #125 | 2,953 | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #137 | 2,740 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #137 | 2,705 |
| 2019 | — | #119 | 3,198 | |
| 2018 | — | #126 | 3,100 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #117 | 3,385 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #113 | 3,555 |
| 2015 | — | #108 | 3,734 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #99 | 3,905 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #97 | 4,008 |
| 2012 | — | #90 | 4,373 | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #88 | 4,693 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #79 | 5,128 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #69 | 6,145 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #64 | 7,135 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #60 | 8,054 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #62 | 7,921 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #59 | 7,469 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #57 | 7,495 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | #60 | 7,585 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #57 | 7,379 |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 | #52 | 7,489 |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 | #49 | 7,662 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | #55 | 7,213 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 | #53 | 7,202 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #53 | 7,131 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #57 | 6,407 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #59 | 6,174 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 | #57 | 6,362 |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | #58 | 6,412 |
| 1992 | #2,612 | 47 | #64 | 6,169 |
| 1991 | #2,388 | 53 | #66 | 5,896 |
| 1990 | #2,492 | 48 | #66 | 5,795 |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 | #73 | 4,852 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 | #75 | 4,333 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 | #82 | 3,921 |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 | #79 | 4,028 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | #85 | 3,706 |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 | #88 | 3,261 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #88 | 3,321 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | #90 | 3,324 |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 | #92 | 3,342 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | #88 | 3,359 |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 | #102 | 2,752 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #109 | 2,398 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | #108 | 2,493 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #110 | 2,390 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #107 | 2,422 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | #106 | 2,451 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | #114 | 2,272 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #124 | 2,278 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #138 | 2,226 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | #145 | 2,284 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #151 | 1,987 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #152 | 1,778 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #156 | 1,740 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #165 | 1,659 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #174 | 1,525 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #175 | 1,566 |
| 1963 | — | #202 | 1,455 | |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #204 | 1,453 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #204 | 1,409 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #209 | 1,335 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #217 | 1,282 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #215 | 1,225 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #226 | 1,114 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #222 | 1,099 |
| 1955 | — | #226 | 1,007 | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #217 | 1,018 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #228 | 884 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #241 | 775 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #249 | 730 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #252 | 656 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #248 | 673 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #275 | 590 |
| 1947 | — | #318 | 464 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #326 | 388 |
| 1945 | — | #310 | 367 | |
| 1944 | — | #320 | 350 | |
| 1943 | — | #346 | 318 | |
| 1942 | — | #377 | 258 | |
| 1941 | — | #365 | 256 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #367 | 241 |
| 1939 | — | #365 | 240 | |
| 1938 | — | #310 | 311 | |
| 1937 | — | #334 | 264 | |
| 1936 | — | #358 | 229 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #332 | 270 |
| 1934 | — | #317 | 294 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #337 | 249 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #316 | 302 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #331 | 275 |
| 1930 | — | #297 | 372 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #288 | 377 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #314 | 322 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #300 | 372 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #319 | 315 |
| 1925 | — | #360 | 269 | |
| 1924 | — | #314 | 334 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #325 | 321 |
| 1922 | — | #355 | 276 | |
| 1921 | — | #390 | 241 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #401 | 216 |
| 1919 | — | #403 | 209 | |
| 1918 | — | #498 | 144 | |
| 1917 | — | #549 | 114 | |
| 1916 | — | #558 | 105 | |
| 1915 | — | #550 | 104 | |
| 1914 | — | #475 | 104 | |
| 1913 | — | #475 | 83 | |
| 1912 | — | #450 | 76 | |
| 1911 | — | #432 | 45 | |
| 1910 | — | #440 | 39 | |
| 1909 | — | #408 | 36 | |
| 1908 | — | #374 | 38 | |
| 1907 | — | #405 | 31 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #470 | 20 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #487 | 16 | |
| 1900 | — | #518 | 21 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Luis was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 14 spots since 2024 (#130 → #144)
- 7 spots since 2020 (#137 → #144)
- 36 spots since 2015 (#108 → #144)
- Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1896 (#738 → #551)
- Biggest drop: 258 spots in 1895 (#480 → #738)
Rise & fade · boys
120 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2000 at #49 (7,662 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 35 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 35 yrs · run 1980–2014
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 256
- Highest: 1 in 256 boys born in 2000 were named Luis (0.39%)
- Latest: 1 in 690 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 25.4% of all boys named Luis (74,334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 111 | #503 (1881) | #576 |
| 1890s | 111 | #480 (1894) | #642 |
| 1900s | 244 | #374 (1908) | #462 |
| 1910s | 1,023 | #403 (1919) | #483 |
| 1920s | 3,043 | #288 (1929) | #337 |
| 1930s | 2,806 | #297 (1930) | #330 |
| 1940s | 3,905 | #248 (1949) | #325 |
| 1950s | 9,790 | #215 (1958) | #229 |
| 1960s | 15,907 | #151 (1969) | #179 |
| 1970s | 23,966 | #102 (1979) | #116 |
| 1980s | 37,447 | #73 (1989) | #84 |
| 1990s | 64,761 | #53 (1998) | #59 |
| 2000s | 74,334 | #49 (2000) | #59 |
| 2010s | 39,079 | #79 (2010) | #104 |
| 2020s | 16,432 | #125 (2022) | #135 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Luis in 1910
boys
#440
39 births · 1 in 4,980 boys
Top boys' names in 1910
More about 1910
boys
194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 4,980 of them was named Luis, which outranked 76.1% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).