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Luis

Pronounced /luˈiːs/

Rank in 2024
#130
Born in 2024
2,778
Peak year
2007 · #60
Origin
Spanish
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,778 boys were named Luis, about 1 in every 617.
  • It peaked in 2007 with 8,054 babies, ranked #60.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 290,440 boys have been named Luis since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Luis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 0.5
    Boomers
  4. 1.3
    Gen X
  5. 2.5
    Millennials
  6. 3.5
    Gen Z
  7. 1.8
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 3,590 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Silent: 5,295 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Boomers: 19,122 babies, 0.51 per 1,000. Gen X: 36,014 babies, 1.32 per 1,000. Millennials: 77,296 babies, 2.54 per 1,000. Gen Z: 110,065 babies, 3.51 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 38,815 babies, 1.79 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.

  • A male given name from Spanish.
Origin
Spanish
Say it
/luˈiːs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Luis, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Louis

    Rank
    #236
    Born '24
    1,503
    Origin
    French
    1880peak 19212024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Luiz

    Rank
    #5,112
    Born '24
    19
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20002024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Les

    Rank
    #13,154
    Born '24
    5
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19612024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Lois

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    Ancient Greek
    1880peak 19322024