How common is the name Luis?

489,968 people in the United States have the first name Luis, about 1 in 616. It ranks #91 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LUIS

#91

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
489,968
About
1 in 616
This common or more
28.9%
Who bears it

Of the 489,968 people named Luis, 96.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Luis peaked in 2007, when 8,066 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
8,066
In 2025*
2,482 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 294,500 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Luis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #90. The largest share of babies named Luis, 37.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,193111
1890s#1,526111
1900s#1,163244
1910s#1,0721,023
1920s#7093,082
1930s#7092,831
1940s#6903,928
1950s#4969,865
1960s#38516,039
1970s#25124,207
1980s#15837,833
1990s#11065,123
2000s#9074,528
2010s#17239,117
2020s#24516,458
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.2%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–646.5%
Generation X 1965–8012.4%
Millennials 1981–9626.5%
Generation Z 1997–1237.5%
2013 and later14%

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 Luis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Luis has been most common in Arizona (3.5×), Texas (2.8×), and California (2.8×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.07×).

290,370 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.

Either side of Luis

#89 Aaron · 494,237#90 Rachel · 493,726#92 Christine · 482,596#93 Nathan · 481,621

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,201 Luisa · 32,462#3,530 Luiz · 5,855#10,762 Luise · 1,222#19,195 Lus · 555#40,182 Lues · 186

Also a last name

As a last name, Luis ranks #3,685 of 156,621, with 9,382 people. See Luis as a last name

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