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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #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 1976

girls
#3,188
22 births · 1 in 66,595 girls
boys
#110
2,390 births · 1 in 656 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #3,188Luis22

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #110Luis2,390
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 66,595 of them was named Luis, which outranked 70.8% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luis
  1. #3,095Wesley23
  2. #3,095Winifred23
  3. #3,095Zoila23
  4. #3,188Luis22
  5. #3,188Adriann22
  6. #3,188Alivia22
  7. #3,188Andi22
  8. #3,287Adelia21
  9. #3,287Alayna21
  10. #3,287Alita21

Tied with 98 names at #3,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,548Rhiannon#4,141#593
  2. 3,533Mackenzie#4,370#837
  3. 3,060Khalilah#3,774#714
  4. 1,663Kenisha#2,612#949
  5. 1,455Latoria#2,411#956
Fallers
  1. 821Nyree#926#1,747
  2. 668Syreeta#778#1,446
  3. 505Cher#994#1,499
  4. 398Kandice#957#1,355
  5. 370Racquel#973#1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 656 of them was named Luis, which outranked 98.3% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luis
  1. #107Alexander2,443
  2. #108Brad2,438
  3. #109Brett2,415
  4. #110Luis2,390
  5. #111Jon2,323
  6. #112Christian2,268
  7. #113Lawrence2,250
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,506Seneca#4,309#803
  2. 1,165Jameel#2,134#969
  3. 712Delvin#1,658#946
  4. 567Jerimy#1,530#963
  5. 510Jamaal#1,042#532
Fallers
  1. 1,113Santino#1,000#2,113
  2. 511Carnell#900#1,411
  3. 453Nakia#337#790
  4. 395Charlton#938#1,333
  5. 376Benjiman#970#1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976