Luiz — #5072 US boys' name
3,321 babies named Luiz in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Luiz was born in this single decade.
112 babies were named Luiz in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luiz
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,321 babies named Luiz between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Luiz currently holds the #5072 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 112 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luiz performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 858 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Luiz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 902 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Luiz in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luiz in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,321 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Luiz at a glance
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Current rank
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Luiz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2000)
- 112
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #5072 among boys.
3,321 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 112 births in a single year.
Luiz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 858 births that decade — 26% of Luiz's all-time total
Luiz decade highlights
- Peak decade 858 births
- Runner-up 832 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Luiz's strongest decade
858 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Luiz by state
Where Luiz concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 902 | 27.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 409 | 12.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 85 | 2.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 76 | 2.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 17 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 16 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 15 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 15 | 0.5% |
902 of 3,321 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 27.2% of nationwide
- Texas 12.3% of nationwide
- Florida 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 27.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Luiz appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.