Louis

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Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Louis is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodwig and one of two English forms, the other being Lewis.

From Wikipedia

Louis first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 7,247 babies (rank #29 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,503 boys (rank #236). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Louis

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Louis yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

407,900
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
7,247
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1880828#19
1881746#19
1882852#18
1883796#19
1884886#19
1885809#19
1886846#19
1887791#19
1888884#19
1889837#19
1890860#19
1891786#19
1892865#22
1893816#22
1894869#21
1895913#21
1896871#22
1897831#23
1898861#27
1899770#26
19001,097#26
1901797#25
1902912#25
1903889#25
1904936#26
1905981#25
19061,101#22
19071,111#25
19081,317#22
19091,231#24
19101,569#24
19111,838#21
19123,591#20
19134,258#20
19145,495#20
19156,518#23
19166,817#22
19176,771#23
19187,082#24
19196,661#28
19206,966#28
19217,247#29
19227,095#27
19237,075#27
19247,042#28
19256,798#29
19266,513#30
19276,665#29
19286,297#32
19295,995#32
19305,810#34
19315,424#37
19325,133#39
19334,695#40
19344,682#40
19354,622#42
19364,419#44
19374,355#46
19384,390#47
19394,224#49
19404,324#50
19414,446#50
19425,151#51
19435,033#53
19444,678#54
19454,480#55
19464,918#63
19475,778#64
19485,386#64
19495,235#65
19504,947#66
19515,089#76
19524,922#79
19534,986#77
19544,848#81
19554,777#82
19564,911#82
19574,695#86
19584,443#94
19594,313#100
19604,125#106
19613,963#105
19623,595#107
19633,620#104
19643,587#102
19653,269#101
19662,992#104
19672,895#107
19682,709#109
19692,623#121
19702,642#124
19712,513#126
19722,102#130
19731,906#135
19741,933#134
19751,812#138
19761,782#142
19771,865#143
19781,753#150
19791,839#148
19801,787#151
19811,805#151
19821,694#162
19831,763#155
19841,711#158
19851,685#164
19861,686#160
19871,683#161
19881,707#166
19891,834#163
19901,820#168
19911,725#187
19921,619#192
19931,582#194
19941,411#206
19951,360#218
19961,283#235
19971,311#235
19981,181#252
19991,143#262
20001,135#279
20011,096#279
20021,143#272
20031,103#283
20041,050#302
20051,002#324
20061,001#320
2007937#345
2008909#350
2009885#353
2010921#342
2011921#332
20121,056#312
20131,070#315
20141,229#289
20151,210#296
20161,242#290
20171,302#277
20181,387#260
20191,475#249
20201,334#260
20211,418#251
20221,442#245
20231,477#238
20241,503#236