NameTides

Luis

Luis was the #144 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,475 babies), and #639 in England & Wales and #642 in Canada.

Luis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Luis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Luis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#144 (2,475)#639 (57)#647 (4)—#468 (7)#642 (44)
2024#130 (2,787)#567 (67)#478 (6)—#430 (8)#633 (43)
2023#134 (2,772)#424 (92)#366 (9)—#584 (5)#854 (28)
2022#125 (2,953)#381 (111)#703 (3)—#454 (7)#713 (36)
2021#137 (2,740)#443 (94)#605 (4)—#349 (11)#713 (38)
2020#137 (2,705)#456 (86)#711 (3)#334 (4)—#619 (41)
2019#119 (3,198)#435 (94)#609 (4)—#506 (6)#645 (40)
2018#126 (3,100)#475 (85)#516 (5)#319 (5)—#562 (48)
2017#117 (3,385)#386 (117)#490 (6)#250 (7)#443 (7)#569 (47)
2016#113 (3,555)#426 (99)#401 (8)—#713 (3)#528 (53)
2015#108 (3,734)#362 (123)#389 (8)—#459 (7)#614 (43)
2014#99 (3,905)#335 (134)#378 (9)—#508 (6)#537 (51)
2013#97 (4,008)#388 (105)#520 (5)#343 (4)#711 (3)#547 (49)
2012#90 (4,373)#366 (116)#500 (5)#346 (4)#500 (6)#515 (53)
2011#88 (4,693)#341 (127)#386 (8)—#540 (5)#525 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #49.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 690 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 690common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Luis is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 670 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 600 to 1 in 750.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Luis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #221WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #176WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #373MNIllinois: #178ILMichigan: #409MINew York: #224NYMassachusetts: #188MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #92NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #272INOhio: #333OHPennsylvania: #286PANew Jersey: #177NJConnecticut: #147CTRhode Island: #140RICalifornia: #75CAUtah: #255UTColorado: #139CONebraska: #167NEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #404KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #280VAMaryland: #221MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #49AZNew Mexico: #53NMKansas: #189KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #233TNNorth Carolina: #134NCSouth Carolina: #233SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #179OKLouisiana: #293LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #223ALGeorgia: #227GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #66TXFlorida: #130FL
Luis (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#5707
Ontario2024#60719

Luis (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
LuisCanadaBoys#64244
LuisEngland & WalesBoys#63957
LuisIrelandBoys#4687
LuisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LuisScotlandBoys#6474
LuisUSGirls#11,9327
LuisUSBoys#1442,475