Luis
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Luis
Luis has long been one of the most popular Hispanic names in America — it was in the Top 100 every year from 1980 to 2014, though it's dropped a bit in popularity. It's familiar, yet would add a worldly touch to a basic surname.
Luis has many notable namesakes, from film director Luis Bunuel to baseball Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio.
Luis is also given to girls, where it ranks #12656 in the US.
Pronounced LOO-ees.
As of October 2026, Luis ranked #144 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #49 in 2000, Nameberry popularity #604.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #99 | 3,904 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #108 | 3,733 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #113 | 3,555 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #117 | 3,384 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #126 | 3,099 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #120 | 3,195 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #137 | 2,701 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #137 | 2,740 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #125 | 2,952 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #134 | 2,767 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #130 | 2,778 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #144 | 2,475 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Luis on lists
Famous Luiss
- Luis BuñuelBoy
Spanish film director
- Luis MiguelBoy
Mexican pop singer
- Luís de CamõesBoy
16th century Portuguese poet
- Luis SuárezBoy
Uruguayan footballer
- Luís FigoBoy
Portugese footballer
- Luis RoblesBoy
American soccer player
- Luis SilvaBoy
American soccer player
- Luis GilBoy
American soccer player
- Luis HornaBoy
Peruvian tennis player
- Luis FortuñoBoy
former governor of Puerto Rico
- Luis FonsiBoy
Puerto Rican pop singer
- Luis AparicioBoy
Venezuelan baseball player
- Luis Walter AlvarezBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Luis Federico LeloirBoy
winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Luis Fernando Flores aka FernanflooBoy
Salvadoran YouTuber
Luis in pop culture
- Luis SeraBoy
a character from the game Resident Evil 4
- Luis LopezBoy
Fitzgerald, character from American TV show "Passions"
- LuisBoy
character in Marvel Universe
- Tio LuisBoy
character in Pam Munoz Ryan's "Esperanza Rising"
- Luis RodriguezBoy
character on the TV show "Sesame Street"