# Luis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/luis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /luˈiːs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 294,500 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 292,959 / 1,541 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,565, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Luis and Portuguese Luís. Doublet of Louis and Luigi.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 12 | 9,208 |
| 2006 | 15 | 8,086 |
| 2007 | 12 | 9,919 |
| 2008 | 12 | 9,847 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8,717 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,168 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,869 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,201 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,779 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,474 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,401 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,565 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,976 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,922 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,656 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4,693 | 88 |
| 2012 | 4,373 | 90 |
| 2013 | 4,008 | 97 |
| 2014 | 3,905 | 99 |
| 2015 | 3,734 | 108 |
| 2016 | 3,555 | 113 |
| 2017 | 3,385 | 117 |
| 2018 | 3,100 | 126 |
| 2019 | 3,198 | 119 |
| 2020 | 2,705 | 137 |
| 2021 | 2,740 | 137 |
| 2022 | 2,953 | 125 |
| 2023 | 2,772 | 134 |
| 2024 | 2,787 | 130 |
| 2025 | 2,475 | 144 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 127 | 341 |
| 2012 | 116 | 366 |
| 2013 | 105 | 388 |
| 2014 | 134 | 335 |
| 2015 | 123 | 362 |
| 2016 | 99 | 426 |
| 2017 | 117 | 386 |
| 2018 | 85 | 475 |
| 2019 | 94 | 435 |
| 2020 | 86 | 456 |
| 2021 | 94 | 443 |
| 2022 | 111 | 381 |
| 2023 | 92 | 424 |
| 2024 | 67 | 567 |
| 2025 | 57 | 639 |

## People named Luis

- Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)
- Luis Walter Alvarez, American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
- Luis Díaz, Colombian association football player (born 1997)
- Filipe Luís, Brazilian football coach and former association footballer
- Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino Roman Catholic cardinal (1957-)
- Luis Lacalle Pou, 42nd President of Uruguay
- Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
- Luis Muriel, Colombian association football player
- Luis Echeverría, 57th President of Mexico
- Luis Guillermo Solís, Costa Rican 47th president
- Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer (1949–2026)
- Luis Fernandez, French international footballer and manager

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.