Luis

Meaning: Famous in battle
Origin: Spanish (from Frankish via French) — Variant of Louis

Boy's name · #144 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Luis's best rank, #49, came in 2000; it has settled back to #144 today. Roughly 293,000 boys have been named Luis since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 42 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#11 in Ecuador (2025) · #26 in Austria (2025) · #36 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #52 in Spain (2024) · #70 in Switzerland (2025) · #132 in Mexico (2024) · #309 in France (2025) · #342 in Poland (2025) · #374 in Belgium (2025) · #380 in Norway (2025) · #490 in Ireland (2025) · #648 in England & Wales (2025) and 3 more.

Famous Luises

Luís de Camões — 16th-century Portuguese poet
Luis Suárez — Uruguayan association football player
Luis Buñuel — Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
Luis Walter Alvarez — American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
Luís Figo — Portuguese football player (born 1972)

In stories & tradition

Luis Fernando Lopez^fr — Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (video game)
Luis Sera — Resident Evil 4 (video game)
Luis Gallego^hu — Prison Break (TV series)

What Luises become

Among 10,048 notable people named Luis:

Military figures appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Luis Alejandro Berthier, French marshal (1753–1815).

Similar names: Louis · Carlos · Luke · Jesus · Miguel · Andres

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