Louis
Louis is ranked 236th among boys in 2024 (1,503 births). Its best rank was 18th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- #236up 2 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,5030.09% of boys
- Peak year
- 19217,247 births
- Best rank
- #18in 1882
- Since 1880
- 407,900people given the name
The story in the numbers
405,059 boys have been named Louis in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 7,247 births — 0.66% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 289 → 236).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 80 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 2,841 girls have also been given it, 0.70% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Louis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8,275 | |
| 1890s | 8,442 | |
| 1900s | 10,372 | |
| 1910s | 50,600 | |
| 1920s | 67,693 | |
| 1930s | 47,754 | |
| 1940s | 49,429 | |
| 1950s | 47,931 | |
| 1960s | 33,378 | |
| 1970s | 20,147 | |
| 1980s | 17,355 | |
| 1990s | 14,435 | |
| 2000s | 10,261 | |
| 2010s | 11,813 | |
| 2020s | 7,174 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Louis was the 29th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Louis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Edmondpeak 1920
- Alfredpeak 1928
- Ernestpeak 1921
- Elbertpeak 1920
- Clydepeak 1920
- Sylvesterpeak 1920
- Sidneypeak 1918
- Albertpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.