Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Louis

#86 most common boys' name of all time · #177 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#86
Rank overall
#177 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
409,317
Since 2016
14,011
Peak year
1921 #29
Best rank
#18 1882
Girls Boys peak 7,296/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Louis is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 1,391 1,397 #249
2024 1,510 1,510 #236
2023 5 1,478 1,483 #238
2022 5 1,442 1,447 #245
2021 1,422 1,422 #251
2020 6 1,334 1,340 #260
2019 5 1,475 1,480 #248
2018 1,388 1,388 #260
2017 1,302 1,302 #277
2016 1,242 1,242 #290
2015 5 1,210 1,215 #296
2014 1,229 1,229 #289
2013 1,070 1,070 #315
2012 1,057 1,057 #312
2011 921 921 #332
2010 921 921 #342
2009 885 885 #353
2008 909 909 #350
2007 937 937 #345
2006 1,001 1,001 #320
2005 1,002 1,002 #323
2004 1,051 1,051 #302
2003 1,103 1,103 #283
2002 5 1,143 1,148 #272
2001 1,096 1,096 #279
2000 5 1,135 1,140 #279
1999 1,143 1,143 #262
1998 1,181 1,181 #252
1997 1,311 1,311 #235
1996 7 1,283 1,290 #235
1995 9 1,361 1,370 #218
1994 10 1,411 1,421 #206
1993 7 1,582 1,589 #194
1992 5 1,619 1,624 #192
1991 5 1,725 1,730 #186
1990 15 1,820 1,835 #168
1989 17 1,834 1,851 #163
1988 16 1,707 1,723 #165
1987 9 1,683 1,692 #161
1986 24 1,686 1,710 #159
1985 19 1,685 1,704 #164
1984 16 1,711 1,727 #158
1983 16 1,762 1,778 #156
1982 17 1,694 1,711 #162
1981 23 1,805 1,828 #151
1980 20 1,787 1,807 #151
1979 13 1,839 1,852 #148
1978 20 1,753 1,773 #149
1977 17 1,865 1,882 #143
1976 23 1,781 1,804 #142
1975 13 1,812 1,825 #138
1974 17 1,932 1,949 #134
1973 12 1,905 1,917 #135
1972 21 2,102 2,123 #130
1971 18 2,514 2,532 #126
1970 22 2,642 2,664 #124
1969 24 2,623 2,647 #121
1968 28 2,709 2,737 #109
1967 21 2,895 2,916 #107
1966 24 2,992 3,016 #104
1965 18 3,270 3,288 #101
1964 15 3,585 3,600 #102
1963 15 3,620 3,635 #104
1962 21 3,595 3,616 #107
1961 19 3,965 3,984 #105
1960 25 4,128 4,153 #106
1959 29 4,311 4,340 #100
1958 23 4,445 4,468 #94
1957 28 4,695 4,723 #86
1956 27 4,910 4,937 #82
1955 19 4,779 4,798 #82
1954 18 4,848 4,866 #81
1953 32 4,985 5,017 #77
1952 23 4,924 4,947 #79
1951 28 5,089 5,117 #76
1950 27 4,947 4,974 #66
1949 30 5,235 5,265 #64
1948 29 5,386 5,415 #64
1947 26 5,778 5,804 #64
1946 29 4,918 4,947 #63
1945 30 4,480 4,510 #55
1944 21 4,678 4,699 #54
1943 29 5,033 5,062 #53
1942 22 5,151 5,173 #51
1941 30 4,447 4,477 #50
1940 32 4,324 4,356 #50
1939 27 4,224 4,251 #49
1938 22 4,390 4,412 #47
1937 27 4,356 4,383 #46
1936 36 4,418 4,454 #44
1935 32 4,622 4,654 #42
1934 44 4,682 4,726 #40
1933 32 4,695 4,727 #40
1932 56 5,134 5,190 #39
1931 58 5,423 5,481 #37
1930 52 5,810 5,862 #34
1929 52 5,995 6,047 #32
1928 63 6,299 6,362 #32
1927 68 6,663 6,731 #29
1926 71 6,513 6,584 #30
1925 68 6,798 6,866 #29
1924 57 7,043 7,100 #28
1923 53 7,074 7,127 #27
1922 63 7,095 7,158 #27
1921 49 7,247 7,296 #29
1920 59 6,966 7,025 #28
1919 43 6,661 6,704 #28
1918 52 7,082 7,134 #24
1917 55 6,771 6,826 #23
1916 31 6,817 6,848 #22
1915 50 6,518 6,568 #23
1914 43 5,495 5,538 #20
1913 31 4,258 4,289 #20
1912 22 3,591 3,613 #20
1911 17 1,838 1,855 #21
1910 28 1,569 1,597 #24
1909 19 1,231 1,250 #24
1908 15 1,317 1,332 #22
1907 12 1,111 1,123 #25
1906 10 1,101 1,111 #22
1905 14 981 995 #25
1904 11 936 947 #26
1903 17 889 906 #25
1902 6 912 918 #25
1901 8 797 805 #25
1900 14 1,097 1,111 #26
1899 9 770 779 #26
1898 12 861 873 #27
1897 9 831 840 #23
1896 9 871 880 #22
1895 8 913 921 #21
1894 8 869 877 #21
1893 12 816 828 #22
1892 8 865 873 #22
1891 16 786 802 #19
1890 11 860 871 #19
1889 9 837 846 #19
1888 7 884 891 #19
1887 7 791 798 #19
1886 9 846 855 #19
1885 5 809 814 #19
1884 6 886 892 #19
1883 9 796 805 #19
1882 6 852 858 #18
1881 746 746 #19
1880 5 828 833 #19