Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: SpanishLuis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name Hludowig or Chlodovech, which were introduced to the Iberian Peninsula during its occupation by the Visigoths.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Luis yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Luis has fallen 29% over the past decade, sliding from 8,054 births in 2007 to 2,778, its best rank of 49 having been reached back in 2000. That is a substantial retreat for a name with 291,974 births behind it. The pattern matches Carlos and Juan almost exactly — all three Spanish staples peaked around the turn of the century and have declined together since, which points to a shift in naming among Hispanic American families rather than anything specific to any one name. The bearers are genuinely international: Jorge Luis Borges, born 1899, the physicist Luis Walter Alvarez, born 1911, and the footballer Luis Suárez. Ronaldo appears because Luís is among his given names, which is a stretch even by the loose standards of these lists.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 12 | #548 |
| 1881 | 12 | #520 |
| 1882 | 13 | #529 |
| 1883 | 8 | #704 |
| 1884 | 14 | #516 |
| 1885 | 11 | #591 |
| 1886 | 12 | #563 |
| 1887 | 9 | #661 |
| 1888 | 9 | #737 |
| 1889 | 11 | #608 |
| 1890 | 8 | #789 |
| 1891 | 9 | #679 |
| 1892 | 10 | #727 |
| 1893 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 17 | #492 |
| 1895 | 9 | #776 |
| 1896 | 14 | #577 |
| 1897 | 8 | #833 |
| 1898 | 12 | #650 |
| 1899 | 14 | #538 |
| 1900 | 21 | #523 |
| 1901 | 16 | #499 |
| 1902 | 19 | #500 |
| 1903 | 20 | #480 |
| 1904 | 25 | #424 |
| 1905 | 19 | #541 |
| 1906 | 19 | #534 |
| 1907 | 31 | #413 |
| 1908 | 38 | #378 |
| 1909 | 36 | #414 |
| 1910 | 39 | #442 |
| 1911 | 45 | #435 |
| 1912 | 76 | #453 |
| 1913 | 83 | #480 |
| 1914 | 104 | #476 |
| 1915 | 104 | #553 |
| 1916 | 105 | #559 |
| 1917 | 114 | #550 |
| 1918 | 144 | #499 |
| 1919 | 209 | #403 |
| 1920 | 216 | #401 |
| 1921 | 241 | #390 |
| 1922 | 276 | #356 |
| 1923 | 321 | #325 |
| 1924 | 334 | #314 |
| 1925 | 269 | #361 |
| 1926 | 315 | #319 |
| 1927 | 372 | #300 |
| 1928 | 322 | #314 |
| 1929 | 377 | #289 |
| 1930 | 372 | #297 |
| 1931 | 275 | #331 |
| 1932 | 302 | #316 |
| 1933 | 249 | #337 |
| 1934 | 294 | #317 |
| 1935 | 270 | #333 |
| 1936 | 229 | #358 |
| 1937 | 264 | #335 |
| 1938 | 311 | #310 |
| 1939 | 240 | #366 |
| 1940 | 241 | #367 |
| 1941 | 256 | #366 |
| 1942 | 258 | #378 |
| 1943 | 319 | #346 |
| 1944 | 349 | #322 |
| 1945 | 367 | #311 |
| 1946 | 388 | #327 |
| 1947 | 464 | #318 |
| 1948 | 590 | #275 |
| 1949 | 673 | #248 |
| 1950 | 656 | #252 |
| 1951 | 730 | #249 |
| 1952 | 776 | #241 |
| 1953 | 883 | #228 |
| 1954 | 1,018 | #217 |
| 1955 | 1,007 | #226 |
| 1956 | 1,099 | #222 |
| 1957 | 1,115 | #226 |
| 1958 | 1,224 | #215 |
| 1959 | 1,283 | #217 |
| 1960 | 1,332 | #209 |
| 1961 | 1,407 | #204 |
| 1962 | 1,455 | #204 |
| 1963 | 1,454 | #202 |
| 1964 | 1,568 | #175 |
| 1965 | 1,525 | #174 |
| 1966 | 1,659 | #165 |
| 1967 | 1,739 | #156 |
| 1968 | 1,778 | #152 |
| 1969 | 1,987 | #151 |
| 1970 | 2,284 | #145 |
| 1971 | 2,226 | #138 |
| 1972 | 2,278 | #124 |
| 1973 | 2,273 | #114 |
| 1974 | 2,451 | #106 |
| 1975 | 2,421 | #107 |
| 1976 | 2,389 | #110 |
| 1977 | 2,494 | #108 |
| 1978 | 2,399 | #109 |
| 1979 | 2,752 | #102 |
| 1980 | 3,359 | #88 |
| 1981 | 3,343 | #91 |
| 1982 | 3,324 | #90 |
| 1983 | 3,322 | #88 |
| 1984 | 3,263 | #88 |
| 1985 | 3,705 | #85 |
| 1986 | 4,027 | #79 |
| 1987 | 3,920 | #82 |
| 1988 | 4,331 | #75 |
| 1989 | 4,852 | #73 |
| 1990 | 5,795 | #66 |
| 1991 | 5,895 | #66 |
| 1992 | 6,165 | #64 |
| 1993 | 6,412 | #58 |
| 1994 | 6,361 | #57 |
| 1995 | 6,174 | #59 |
| 1996 | 6,407 | #57 |
| 1997 | 7,129 | #53 |
| 1998 | 7,201 | #53 |
| 1999 | 7,212 | #55 |
| 2000 | 7,662 | #49 |
| 2001 | 7,489 | #52 |
| 2002 | 7,378 | #57 |
| 2003 | 7,585 | #60 |
| 2004 | 7,495 | #57 |
| 2005 | 7,468 | #59 |
| 2006 | 7,921 | #62 |
| 2007 | 8,054 | #60 |
| 2008 | 7,134 | #64 |
| 2009 | 6,144 | #69 |
| 2010 | 5,127 | #79 |
| 2011 | 4,693 | #88 |
| 2012 | 4,373 | #90 |
| 2013 | 4,007 | #97 |
| 2014 | 3,904 | #99 |
| 2015 | 3,733 | #108 |
| 2016 | 3,555 | #113 |
| 2017 | 3,384 | #117 |
| 2018 | 3,099 | #126 |
| 2019 | 3,195 | #120 |
| 2020 | 2,701 | #137 |
| 2021 | 2,740 | #137 |
| 2022 | 2,952 | #125 |
| 2023 | 2,767 | #134 |
| 2024 | 2,778 | #130 |
