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Luis Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Luis?

Ranking 126th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Luis is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 250, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #49 in 2000.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 2007 with 8,051 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Luis was 8 in 1897.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Luis occurred roughly during the years 1891-1894, 1897-1900, 1901-1904, 1905-1908, 1909-1914, 1915-1923, 1942-1949, 1950-1954, 1955-1960, 1965-1970, 1976-1980, 1983-1990, and 1994-1997, whereas 2008-2013, and 2014-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

How popular will Luis be?

Luis's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Luis lately has dropped.

The name Luis is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Luis (Girl)Luis (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 3,084 126
2017 5 17,335 3,382 117
2016 6 15,439 3,554 113
2015 < 5 -- 3,732 108
2014 6 15,749 3,899 100
2013 5 18,174 4,002 97
2012 < 5 -- 4,368 90
2011 10 10,856 4,690 88
2010 6 16,145 5,127 79
2009 14 8,710 6,138 69
2008 12 9,839 7,133 64
2007 12 9,912 8,051 60
2006 15 8,082 7,921 62
2005 12 9,201 7,463 59
2004 17 6,964 7,493 57
2003 19 6,205 7,580 60
2002 29 4,341 7,376 57
2001 32 3,993 7,488 52
2000 31 4,036 7,661 49
1999 32 3,756 7,210 55
1998 24 4,570 7,199 53
1997 18 5,532 7,128 53
1996 29 3,783 6,406 57
1995 30 3,631 6,172 59
1994 38 3,072 6,360 57
1993 43 2,797 6,407 58
1992 47 2,634 6,163 64
1991 53 2,406 5,892 66
1990 48 2,503 5,793 66
1989 40 2,791 4,849 73
1988 40 2,680 4,326 75
1987 37 2,692 3,917 82
1986 51 2,096 4,025 79
1985 32 2,904 3,704 85
1984 37 2,546 3,261 88
1983 33 2,702 3,319 88
1982 41 2,399 3,328 90
1981 38 2,514 3,342 91
1980 37 2,567 3,358 88
1979 42 2,288 2,755 102
1978 24 3,245 2,398 110
1977 28 2,879 2,497 108
1976 22 3,239 2,388 110
1975 26 2,855 2,421 107
1974 27 2,727 2,453 106
1973 17 3,727 2,272 115
1972 17 3,646 2,279 124
1971 19 3,444 2,229 138
1970 19 3,377 2,284 145
1969 21 2,966 1,985 152
1968 17 3,252 1,780 152
1967 18 3,022 1,743 156
1966 19 2,901 1,659 165
1965 10 4,377 1,527 174
1964 16 3,316 1,566 175
1963 < 5 -- 1,454 202
1962 10 4,415 1,454 204
1961 9 4,741 1,407 204
1960 12 3,831 1,336 209
1959 11 3,943 1,280 217
1958 13 3,476 1,222 215
1957 10 4,090 1,117 226
1956 7 5,103 1,095 223
1955 < 5 -- 1,004 226
1954 8 4,495 1,018 217
1953 5 6,171 884 228
1952 7 4,747 774 241
1951 8 4,234 729 249
1950 6 5,056 657 252
1949 6 5,016 673 248
1948 6 5,022 590 275
1947 < 5 -- 462 318
1946 5 5,391 388 327
1945 < 5 -- 366 313
1944 < 5 -- 349 321
1943 < 5 -- 319 346
1942 < 5 -- 258 378
1941 < 5 -- 256 366
1940 6 4,147 242 367
1939 < 5 -- 241 365
1938 < 5 -- 311 310
1937 < 5 -- 264 335
1936 < 5 -- 229 358
1935 6 4,033 270 332
1934 < 5 -- 294 317
1933 6 4,030 249 337
1932 5 4,821 302 316
1931 8 3,381 274 331
1930 < 5 -- 372 297
1929 5 4,994 377 289
1928 6 4,511 322 314
1927 10 3,194 372 301
1926 5 5,321 315 319
1925 < 5 -- 269 360
1924 < 5 -- 334 314
1923 7 4,208 321 325
1922 < 5 -- 276 356
1921 < 5 -- 241 390
1920 6 4,717 216 401
1919 < 5 -- 209 403
1918 < 5 -- 144 499
1917 < 5 -- 114 550
1916 < 5 -- 105 559
1915 < 5 -- 104 553
1914 < 5 -- 104 476
1913 < 5 -- 83 480
1912 < 5 -- 76 453
1911 < 5 -- 45 435
1910 < 5 -- 39 442
1909 < 5 -- 36 414
1908 < 5 -- 38 378
1907 < 5 -- 31 413
1906 < 5 -- 19 534
1905 < 5 -- 19 541
1904 < 5 -- 25 424
1903 < 5 -- 20 480
1902 < 5 -- 19 500
1901 < 5 -- 16 499
1900 < 5 -- 21 523
1899 < 5 -- 14 538
1898 < 5 -- 12 650
1897 < 5 -- 8 833
1896 < 5 -- 14 577
1895 < 5 -- 9 776
1894 < 5 -- 17 492
1893 < 5 -- 10 685
1892 < 5 -- 10 727
1891 < 5 -- 9 679
1890 < 5 -- 8 789
1889 < 5 -- 11 608
1888 < 5 -- 9 737
1887 < 5 -- 9 661
1886 < 5 -- 12 563
1885 < 5 -- 11 591
1884 < 5 -- 14 516
1883 < 5 -- 8 704
1882 < 5 -- 13 529
1881 < 5 -- 12 520
1880 < 5 -- 12 548

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.