Louis
Rank in 2025
#13208
recorded as girls
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
#249
recorded as boys
Down 13 since 2024
Babies in 2025
1,397
girls 6 · boys 1,391
Peak year
1908
1,317 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
409,317
since 1880
Born a Louis? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Louis was most popular in 1908, when 1,317 babies recorded as boys got the name (8.5 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,391 babies were named Louis, ranking #249 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 13208 | 1,391 | 249 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 1,510 | 236 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15194 | 1,478 | 238 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15306 | 1,442 | 245 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 1,422 | 251 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13453 | 1,334 | 260 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | 1,475 | 248 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 1,388 | 260 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 1,302 | 277 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 1,242 | 290 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16419 | 1,210 | 296 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 1,229 | 289 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 1,070 | 315 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 1,057 | 312 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 921 | 332 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 921 | 342 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 885 | 353 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 909 | 350 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 937 | 345 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 1,001 | 320 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 1,002 | 323 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 1,051 | 302 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 1,103 | 283 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | 1,143 | 272 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 1,096 | 279 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | 1,135 | 279 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 1,143 | 262 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 1,181 | 252 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 1,311 | 235 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 1,283 | 235 |
| 1995 | 9 | 8766 | 1,361 | 218 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8122 | 1,411 | 206 |
| 1993 | 7 | 10588 | 1,582 | 194 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 1,619 | 192 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | 1,725 | 186 |
| 1990 | 15 | 5835 | 1,820 | 168 |
| 1989 | 17 | 5049 | 1,834 | 163 |
| 1988 | 16 | 5065 | 1,707 | 165 |
| 1987 | 9 | 7353 | 1,683 | 161 |
| 1986 | 24 | 3554 | 1,686 | 159 |
| 1985 | 19 | 4126 | 1,685 | 164 |
| 1984 | 16 | 4478 | 1,711 | 158 |
| 1983 | 16 | 4476 | 1,762 | 156 |
| 1982 | 17 | 4347 | 1,694 | 162 |
| 1981 | 23 | 3532 | 1,805 | 151 |
| 1980 | 20 | 3853 | 1,787 | 151 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5092 | 1,839 | 148 |
| 1978 | 20 | 3637 | 1,753 | 149 |
| 1977 | 17 | 4069 | 1,865 | 143 |
| 1976 | 23 | 3095 | 1,781 | 142 |
| 1975 | 13 | 4593 | 1,812 | 138 |
| 1974 | 17 | 3695 | 1,932 | 134 |
| 1973 | 12 | 4586 | 1,905 | 135 |
| 1972 | 21 | 3062 | 2,102 | 130 |
| 1971 | 18 | 3508 | 2,514 | 126 |
| 1970 | 22 | 3030 | 2,642 | 124 |
| 1969 | 24 | 2704 | 2,623 | 121 |
| 1968 | 28 | 2296 | 2,709 | 109 |
| 1967 | 21 | 2706 | 2,895 | 107 |
| 1966 | 24 | 2453 | 2,992 | 104 |
| 1965 | 18 | 2938 | 3,270 | 101 |
| 1964 | 15 | 3379 | 3,585 | 102 |
| 1963 | 15 | 3336 | 3,620 | 104 |
| 1962 | 21 | 2668 | 3,595 | 107 |
| 1961 | 19 | 2839 | 3,965 | 105 |
| 1960 | 25 | 2369 | 4,128 | 106 |
| 1959 | 29 | 2108 | 4,311 | 100 |
| 1958 | 23 | 2376 | 4,445 | 94 |
| 1957 | 28 | 2067 | 4,695 | 86 |
| 1956 | 27 | 2103 | 4,910 | 82 |
| 1955 | 19 | 2553 | 4,779 | 82 |
| 1954 | 18 | 2592 | 4,848 | 81 |
| 1953 | 32 | 1758 | 4,985 | 77 |
| 1952 | 23 | 2126 | 4,924 | 79 |
| 1951 | 28 | 1842 | 5,089 | 76 |
| 1950 | 27 | 1835 | 4,947 | 66 |
| 1949 | 30 | 1736 | 5,235 | 64 |
| 1948 | 29 | 1739 | 5,386 | 64 |
| 1947 | 26 | 1897 | 5,778 | 64 |
| 1946 | 29 | 1647 | 4,918 | 63 |
| 1945 | 30 | 1482 | 4,480 | 55 |
| 1944 | 21 | 1867 | 4,678 | 54 |
| 1943 | 29 | 1556 | 5,033 | 53 |
| 1942 | 22 | 1804 | 5,151 | 51 |
| 1941 | 30 | 1418 | 4,447 | 50 |
| 1940 | 32 | 1313 | 4,324 | 50 |
| 1939 | 27 | 1424 | 4,224 | 49 |
| 1938 | 22 | 1650 | 4,390 | 47 |
| 1937 | 27 | 1416 | 4,356 | 46 |
| 1936 | 36 | 1186 | 4,418 | 44 |
| 1935 | 32 | 1264 | 4,622 | 42 |
| 1934 | 44 | 1047 | 4,682 | 40 |
| 1933 | 32 | 1262 | 4,695 | 40 |
| 1932 | 56 | 940 | 5,134 | 39 |
| 1931 | 58 | 912 | 5,423 | 37 |
| 1930 | 52 | 1019 | 5,810 | 34 |
| 1929 | 52 | 1003 | 5,995 | 32 |
| 1928 | 63 | 936 | 6,299 | 32 |
| 1927 | 68 | 904 | 6,663 | 29 |
| 1926 | 71 | 879 | 6,513 | 30 |
| 1925 | 68 | 895 | 6,798 | 29 |
| 1924 | 57 | 1017 | 7,043 | 28 |
| 1923 | 53 | 1037 | 7,074 | 27 |
| 1922 | 63 | 932 | 7,095 | 27 |
| 1921 | 49 | 1080 | 7,247 | 29 |
| 1920 | 59 | 949 | 6,966 | 28 |
| 1919 | 43 | 1121 | 6,661 | 28 |
| 1918 | 52 | 999 | 7,082 | 24 |
| 1917 | 55 | 933 | 6,771 | 23 |
| 1916 | 31 | 1298 | 6,817 | 22 |
| 1915 | 50 | 934 | 6,518 | 23 |
| 1914 | 43 | 888 | 5,495 | 20 |
| 1913 | 31 | 961 | 4,258 | 20 |
| 1912 | 22 | 1117 | 3,591 | 20 |
| 1911 | 17 | 1071 | 1,838 | 21 |
| 1910 | 28 | 812 | 1,569 | 24 |
| 1909 | 19 | 935 | 1,231 | 24 |
| 1908 | 15 | 1044 | 1,317 | 22 |
| 1907 | 12 | 1142 | 1,111 | 25 |
| 1906 | 10 | 1229 | 1,101 | 22 |
| 1905 | 14 | 1011 | 981 | 25 |
| 1904 | 11 | 1092 | 936 | 26 |
| 1903 | 17 | 836 | 889 | 25 |
| 1902 | 6 | 1594 | 912 | 25 |
| 1901 | 8 | 1227 | 797 | 25 |
| 1900 | 14 | 1008 | 1,097 | 26 |
| 1899 | 9 | 1099 | 770 | 26 |
| 1898 | 12 | 1009 | 861 | 27 |
| 1897 | 9 | 1094 | 831 | 23 |
| 1896 | 9 | 1122 | 871 | 22 |
| 1895 | 8 | 1202 | 913 | 21 |
| 1894 | 8 | 1136 | 869 | 21 |
| 1893 | 12 | 865 | 816 | 22 |
| 1892 | 8 | 1085 | 865 | 22 |
| 1891 | 16 | 669 | 786 | 19 |
| 1890 | 11 | 825 | 860 | 19 |
| 1889 | 9 | 902 | 837 | 19 |
| 1888 | 7 | 1036 | 884 | 19 |
| 1887 | 7 | 937 | 791 | 19 |
| 1886 | 9 | 778 | 846 | 19 |
| 1885 | 5 | 1047 | 809 | 19 |
| 1884 | 6 | 930 | 886 | 19 |
| 1883 | 9 | 651 | 796 | 19 |
| 1882 | 6 | 813 | 852 | 18 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 746 | 19 |
| 1880 | 5 | 836 | 828 | 19 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years