Luis
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name Hludowig or Chlodovech, which were introduced to the Iberian Peninsula during its occupation by the Visigoths. Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: Luís in Portuguese and Galician, Lluís in Catalan and Loís in Aragonese, while Luíz is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil.
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Luis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name Hludowig or Chlodovech, which were introduced to the Iberian Peninsula during its occupation by the Visigoths. Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: Luís in Portuguese and Galician, Lluís in Catalan and Loís in Aragonese, while Luíz is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Luis
Luis first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 8,054 births, good for #60 nationwide. About 25% of every Luis on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Luis ranks #124 for baby boys with 2,830 births, gradually falling (-6%). All told, over 296K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Luis
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Luis. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Lucho
- Luisito
Names that sound like Luis
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About the name Luis
Luis is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 296K births in the dataset. Luis's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #49. Use the chart and map above to compare Luis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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