How rare is the name Luigi?

5,993 people in the United States have the first name Luigi, about 1 in 50,397. It ranks #3,464 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LUIGI

#3,464

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,993
About
1 in 50,397
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 5,993 people named Luigi, 74.5% reported their origin as White, 18.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Luigi peaked in 1969, when 80 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1969
Births that year
80
In 2025*
52 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,305 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Luigi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #2,293. The largest share of babies named Luigi, 21.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1900s#3,18730
1910s#2,293255
1920s#2,539325
1930s#4,164123
1940s#5,64281
1950s#4,481160
1960s#2,572513
1970s#2,745564
1980s#3,361514
1990s#4,157518
2000s#4,926569
2010s#6,521404
2020s#6,392249
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.8%
Silent Generation 1928–455.1%
Baby boom 1946–649.7%
Generation X 1965–8021.2%
Millennials 1981–9619.5%
Generation Z 1997–1219.1%
2013 and later12.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Luigi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Luigi has been most common in Rhode Island (11×), New York (6.4×), and New Jersey (3.2×), and least common in Texas (0.22×).

2,370 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Luigi

1 other first name also has 5,993 people.

#3,464 Destini · 5,993

Either side of Luigi

#3,462 Vivien · 5,997#3,464 Destini · 5,993#3,466 Barney · 5,991#3,466 Jia · 5,991

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Luigi, most common first.

#34,440 Luigia · 237#40,182 Luiggi · 186

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