Luis
Luis was given to 2,475 boys in 2025, #144 among boys’ names; 294,500 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 271,000 Americans named Luis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 27 years old and half are between 18 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Luis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Luis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Luis is “a male given name from Spanish.”
Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.
/luˈiːs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Luis?
#144 among boys’ names, 2025
Luis fell from #108 in 2015 to #144 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.9 to 1.4 per 1,000.
8,066 babies in 2007, the peak
Luis peaked in 2007, when 8,066 babies were given it (8,054 boys, #60 among boys’ names). The 2,482 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 31% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,475 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 2,787 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 2,772 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 2,953 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 2,740 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 2,705 | #137 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 3,198 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 3,100 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 3,385 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 3,555 | #113 | 1.9 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,734 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 3,905 | #99 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 4,008 | #97 | 2.1 |
| 2012 | 4,373 | #90 | 2.3 |
| 2011 | 4,693 | #88 | 2.5 |
| 2010 | 5,128 | #79 | 2.7 |
| 2009 | 6,145 | #69 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 7,135 | #64 | 3.5 |
| 2007 | 8,054 | #60 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | 7,921 | #62 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 7,469 | #59 | 3.7 |
| 2004 | 7,495 | #57 | 3.8 |
| 2003 | 7,585 | #60 | 3.8 |
| 2002 | 7,379 | #57 | 3.8 |
| 2001 | 7,489 | #52 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 7,662 | #49 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 7,213 | #55 | 3.8 |
| 1998 | 7,202 | #53 | 3.8 |
| 1997 | 7,131 | #53 | 3.8 |
| 1996 | 6,407 | #57 | 3.4 |
| 1995 | 6,174 | #59 | 3.2 |
| 1994 | 6,362 | #57 | 3.3 |
| 1993 | 6,412 | #58 | 3.3 |
| 1992 | 6,169 | #64 | 3.1 |
| 1991 | 5,896 | #66 | 2.9 |
| 1990 | 5,795 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1989 | 4,852 | #73 | 2.4 |
| 1988 | 4,333 | #75 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 3,921 | #82 | 2.1 |
| 1986 | 4,028 | #79 | 2.2 |
| 1985 | 3,706 | #85 | 2.0 |
| 1984 | 3,261 | #88 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 3,321 | #88 | 1.9 |
| 1982 | 3,324 | #90 | 1.8 |
| 1981 | 3,342 | #92 | 1.9 |
| 1980 | 3,359 | #88 | 1.9 |
| 1979 | 2,752 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1978 | 2,398 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1977 | 2,493 | #108 | 1.5 |
| 1976 | 2,390 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1975 | 2,422 | #107 | 1.6 |
| 1974 | 2,451 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 2,272 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1972 | 2,278 | #124 | 1.4 |
| 1971 | 2,226 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 1970 | 2,284 | #145 | 1.2 |
| 1969 | 1,987 | #151 | 1.1 |
| 1968 | 1,778 | #152 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 1,740 | #156 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,659 | #165 | 0.93 |
| 1965 | 1,525 | #174 | 0.82 |
| 1964 | 1,566 | #175 | 0.79 |
| 1963 | 1,455 | #202 | 0.72 |
| 1962 | 1,453 | #204 | 0.70 |
| 1961 | 1,409 | #204 | 0.66 |
| 1960 | 1,335 | #209 | 0.63 |
| 1959 | 1,282 | #217 | 0.60 |
| 1958 | 1,225 | #215 | 0.58 |
| 1957 | 1,114 | #226 | 0.52 |
| 1956 | 1,099 | #222 | 0.52 |
| 1955 | 1,007 | #226 | 0.49 |
| 1954 | 1,018 | #217 | 0.50 |
| 1953 | 884 | #228 | 0.45 |
| 1952 | 775 | #241 | 0.40 |
| 1951 | 730 | #249 | 0.39 |
| 1950 | 656 | #252 | 0.37 |
| 1949 | 673 | #248 | 0.38 |
| 1948 | 590 | #275 | 0.34 |
| 1947 | 464 | #318 | 0.25 |
| 1946 | 388 | #327 | 0.24 |
| 1945 | 367 | #311 | 0.27 |
| 1944 | 350 | #320 | 0.26 |
| 1943 | 318 | #346 | 0.22 |
| 1942 | 258 | #378 | 0.19 |
| 1941 | 256 | #366 | 0.21 |
| 1940 | 241 | #367 | 0.21 |
| 1939 | 240 | #366 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 311 | #310 | 0.28 |
| 1937 | 264 | #335 | 0.25 |
| 1936 | 229 | #358 | 0.22 |
| 1935 | 270 | #333 | 0.26 |
| 1934 | 294 | #317 | 0.28 |
| 1933 | 249 | #337 | 0.25 |
| 1932 | 302 | #316 | 0.29 |
| 1931 | 275 | #331 | 0.26 |
| 1930 | 372 | #297 | 0.34 |
| 1929 | 377 | #289 | 0.35 |
| 1928 | 322 | #314 | 0.29 |
| 1927 | 372 | #300 | 0.33 |
| 1926 | 315 | #319 | 0.28 |
| 1925 | 269 | #361 | 0.24 |
| 1924 | 334 | #314 | 0.29 |
| 1923 | 321 | #325 | 0.29 |
| 1922 | 276 | #356 | 0.25 |
| 1921 | 241 | #390 | 0.22 |
| 1920 | 216 | #401 | 0.20 |
| 1919 | 209 | #403 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | 144 | #499 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 114 | #550 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 105 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 104 | #553 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 104 | #476 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 83 | #480 | 0.16 |
| 1912 | 76 | #453 | 0.18 |
| 1911 | 45 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1910 | 39 | #442 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 36 | #414 | 0.22 |
| 1908 | 38 | #378 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 31 | #413 | 0.21 |
| 1906 | 19 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 19 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 25 | #424 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 20 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1902 | 19 | #500 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 16 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 21 | #523 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 14 | #538 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 12 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 8 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 14 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 9 | #776 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 17 | #492 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 10 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 10 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 9 | #679 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 8 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1889 | 11 | #608 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 9 | #737 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 9 | #661 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 12 | #563 | 0.11 |
| 1885 | 11 | #591 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 14 | #516 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 8 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1882 | 13 | #529 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 12 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 12 | #548 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Luis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Luis has been given almost only to boys: 1,541 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Luis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Luis, and how old are they?
271,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 294,500 Americans ever recorded as Luis. The median Luis alive today is 27 years old; half are between 18 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 489,968 people named Luis (1,463 women and girls, 488,505 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 260,128 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,030 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 32,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 74,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 108,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 41,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Luis born?
The states with the most babies named Luis are Texas, California and Florida, with 50% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 566 | #67 | 2.4× |
| California | 497 | #75 | 2.2× |
| Florida | 165 | #130 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 130 | #50 | 2.2× |
| North Carolina | 92 | #134 | 0.5× |
| New York | 88 | #226 | 1.5× |
| Illinois | 67 | #179 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 57 | #179 | 1.2× |
| Georgia | 54 | #228 | 0.5× |
| Colorado | 51 | #141 | 1.0× |
Where Luis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Luis is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Luis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Luis
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Luis and names like it
- Compare Luis and MiguelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sLuis peaked in 2007.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Luis since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Luis: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2007The year the most babies were named Luis.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Luis alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.