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 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
292,959
since 1880

Luis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #49, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#1442,475
2024#1302,787
2023#12,1977#1342,772
2022#1252,953
2021#12,2067#1372,740
2020#15,0885#1372,705
2019#1193,198
2018#1263,100
2017#15,9025#1173,385
2016#14,3316#1133,555
2015#1083,734
2014#14,5586#993,905
2013#16,5475#974,008
2012#904,373
2011#10,37410#884,693
2010#14,9596#795,128
2009#8,45414#696,145
2008#9,47612#647,135
2007#9,53912#608,054
2006#7,86815#627,921
2005#8,88312#597,469
2004#6,76817#577,495
2003#6,05519#607,585
2002#4,17930#577,379
2001#3,94032#527,489
2000#3,98331#497,662
1999#3,71832#557,213
1998#4,49224#537,202
1997#5,41718#537,131
1996#3,72329#576,407
1995#3,58530#596,174
1994#3,03838#576,362
1993#2,76843#586,412
1992#2,61247#646,169
1991#2,38853#665,896
1990#2,49248#665,795
1989#2,76940#734,852
1988#2,64640#754,333
1987#2,65737#823,921
1986#2,07951#794,028
1985#2,86032#853,706
1984#2,51537#883,261
1983#2,65933#883,321
1982#2,36941#903,324
1981#2,48838#923,342
1980#2,53737#883,359
1979#2,27342#1022,752
1978#3,19624#1092,398
1977#2,83828#1082,493
1976#3,18822#1102,390
1975#2,81126#1072,422
1974#2,68327#1062,451
1973#3,63517#1142,272
1972#3,54317#1242,278
1971#3,37319#1382,226
1970#3,31119#1452,284
1969#2,91721#1511,987
1968#3,16917#1521,778
1967#2,96318#1561,740
1966#2,83919#1651,659
1965#4,20210#1741,525
1964#3,24416#1751,566
1963#2021,455
1962#4,26310#2041,453
1961#4,5469#2041,409
1960#3,68812#2091,335
1959#3,82711#2171,282
1958#3,37913#2151,225
1957#3,93010#2261,114
1956#4,8377#2221,099
1955#2261,007
1954#4,2788#2171,018
1953#5,6735#228884
1952#4,4837#241775
1951#4,0118#249730
1950#4,7386#252656
1949#4,6736#248673
1948#4,6516#275590
1947#318464
1946#4,9605#326388
1945#310367
1944#320350
1943#346318
1942#377258
1941#365256
1940#3,8636#367241
1939#365240
1938#310311
1937#334264
1936#358229
1935#3,7426#332270
1934#317294
1933#3,7536#337249
1932#4,4115#316302
1931#3,2268#331275
1930#297372
1929#4,5705#288377
1928#4,1956#314322
1927#3,05310#300372
1926#4,8515#319315
1925#360269
1924#314334
1923#3,9717#325321
1922#355276
1921#390241
1920#4,3986#401216
1919#403209
1918#498144
1917#549114
1916#558105
1915#550104
1914#475104
1913#47583
1912#45076
1911#43245
1910#44039
1909#40836
1908#37438
1907#40531
1906#52319
1905#52519
1904#41725
1903#47020
1902#49019
1901#48716
1900#51821
1899#52114
1898#63512
1897#7878
1896#55114
1895#7389
1894#48017
1893#65010
1892#68810
1891#6359
1890#7398
1889#58111
1888#7049
1887#6319
1886#54012
1885#57711
1884#50414
1883#6778
1882#51413
1881#50312
1880#52612
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s111#503 (1881)#576
1890s111#480 (1894)#642
1900s244#374 (1908)#462
1910s1,023#403 (1919)#483
1920s3,043#288 (1929)#337
1930s2,806#297 (1930)#330
1940s3,905#248 (1949)#325
1950s9,790#215 (1958)#229
1960s15,907#151 (1969)#179
1970s23,966#102 (1979)#116
1980s37,447#73 (1989)#84
1990s64,761#53 (1998)#59
2000s74,334#49 (2000)#59
2010s39,079#79 (2010)#104
2020s16,432#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 1920

girls
#4,398
6 births · 1 in 199,715 girls
boys
#401
216 births · 1 in 4,928 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #4,398Luis6

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #401Luis216
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 199,715 of them was named Luis, which outranked 23.7% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luis
  1. #3,957Zenaida7
  2. #3,957Zilla7
  3. #3,957Zoila7
  4. #4,398Luis6
  5. #4,398Achsah6
  6. #4,398Adelaine6
  7. #4,398Adelma6
  8. #4,975Acie5
  9. #4,975Addell5
  10. #4,975Adrine5

Tied with 576 names at #4,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 4,928 of them was named Luis, which outranked 92.0% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luis
  1. #398Silas218
  2. #399Milo217
  3. #399Van217
  4. #401Luis216
  5. #401Sanford216
  6. #403Carmine214
  7. #404Rolland213
  8. #405Winston211

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920