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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |