Luis
Boy nameLuis has been given to 294,500 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2007 and currently ranks #144 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /luˈiːs/
Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.
Origin: Spanish
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
294,500
Peak year
2007 (8,066 babies)
Rank in 2025
#144 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -34%
Gender split
1% girls / 99% boys
Famous people named Luis
Luis Suárez
Uruguayan association football player
Luis Buñuel
Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
Luís Figo
Portuguese football player (born 1972)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Luis.
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