NameTides

Louis

Louis was the #249 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,391 babies), and #49 in England & Wales and #28 in Canada.

Louis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Louis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandUS
Louis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#249 (1,391)#49 (1,030)#83 (64)#126 (18)#115 (48)#28 (658)#55 (136)#45 (136)
2024#236 (1,510)#47 (1,092)#98 (53)#104 (22)#85 (68)#31 (637)#42 (159)#41 (148)
2023#238 (1,478)#45 (1,236)#70 (72)#106 (24)#89 (67)#31 (626)#47 (156)#37 (148)
2022#245 (1,442)#48 (1,184)#81 (67)#142 (17)#81 (76)#34 (610)#52 (146)#41 (144)
2021#251 (1,422)#50 (1,240)#74 (79)#134 (19)#67 (105)#40 (628)#48 (169)#39 (163)
2020#260 (1,334)#52 (1,186)#74 (76)#93 (30)#81 (77)#48 (560)#55 (163)#44 (145)
2019#248 (1,475)#53 (1,274)#77 (82)#90 (33)#68 (100)#48 (570)#43 (187)#38 (179)
2018#260 (1,388)#69 (941)#85 (70)#135 (18)#64 (101)#61 (508)#56 (157)#55 (115)
2017#277 (1,302)#82 (819)#108 (59)#157 (17)#78 (89)#73 (462)#71 (133)#61 (107)
2016#290 (1,242)#71 (911)#112 (61)#134 (21)#78 (88)#77 (462)#60 (164)#52 (119)
2015#296 (1,210)#78 (854)#131 (45)#166 (15)#106 (67)#88 (421)#77 (127)#44 (129)
2014#289 (1,229)#68 (999)#118 (53)#157 (17)#112 (65)#92 (423)#76 (136)#67 (91)
2013#315 (1,070)#77 (827)#146 (39)#146 (18)#122 (55)#106 (385)#78 (133)#68 (97)
2012#312 (1,057)#81 (815)#132 (47)#156 (17)#127 (57)#114 (347)—#90 (80)
2011#332 (921)#68 (961)#119 (52)#168 (15)#132 (53)#130 (298)—#95 (74)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1908 at #22.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 260common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 310common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 490common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 240common

Next year

On its recent trend, Louis is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Louis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #155WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #236WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #99MNIllinois: #230ILMichigan: #149MINew York: #190NYMassachusetts: #178MAOregon: #247ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #246IAIndiana: #223INOhio: #198OHPennsylvania: #207PANew Jersey: #219NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #258CAUtah: #198UTColorado: #251CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #139MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #269VAMaryland: #251MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #175KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #325TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: #107DCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #174LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #440GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #417TXFlorida: #430FL
Louis (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5471
Ontario2024#13099

Louis (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LouisCanadaGirls—too few
LouisCanadaBoys#28658
LouisEngland & WalesBoys#491,030
LouisIrelandBoys#11548
LouisNorthern IrelandBoys#12618
LouisNSWBoys#55136
LouisScotlandBoys#8364
LouisUSGirls#13,2086
LouisUSBoys#2491,391
LouisVICBoys#45136