Louis

Origin and meaning of Louis

Gender:
Historical gender:

Usage over the past 5 years:

Boys - 100% (6,576 births)

Girls - 0% (0 births)

Source: US SSA data

boy Boy
boy Boy

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Origin:

Variant of the French name Clovis

Meaning:

Famous warrior

More info:

Louis is a variant of the name Clovis, which is a French variant of the name Ludovicus, which is a Latinized variant of the Germanic name Hluodowig, which is comprised of the elements hluod "famous" and wig "war, strife."

Louis was the name of 18 kings of France from the 8th to 18th centuries, including King Louis XIV, or Louis the Great. It was introduced by the Normans to the English-speaking world in the 11th-century, although it was quickly replaced by the spelling Lewis and the pronunciation LOO iss. The spelling Louis would be revived in the latter half of the 19th-century, often spelled phonetically as Louie, and would eventually surpass Lewis in popularity.

Famous bearers include American jazz musician Louis Armstrong

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Pronunciation:

› LOO ee
› LEW iss

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Form of:

Clovis

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Variants:

• Lewis
• Luis
• Louisa
• Louise
• Luiz
• Luigi
• Lowell
• Lovisa

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Popularity:

Ranks 312th in the latest U.S. Social Security Administration list of most popular baby boy names. Show popularity chart

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Categories:

Louis is listed in the name categories below

• Belgian
• Dutch
• English
• French
• Irish
• Royal

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Popularity of Louis (Source: US SSA)

Year

Since 1880 Louis was chosen 391,537 times as a name, 2,815 times for girls and 388,722 times for boys

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Year	Overall Rank	Girls Rank	Boys Rank	Girls Births	Boys Births
2012	623	-	312	-	1,049
2011	683	-	332	-	909
2010	695	-	343	-	901
2009	721	-	353	-	881
2008	715	-	350	-	904
2007	697	-	345	-	936
2006	662	-	321	-	996
2005	646	-	324	-	1,001
2004	610	-	302	-	1,050
2003	566	-	283	-	1,101
2002	550	17,032	272	5	1,140
2001	559	-	279	-	1,095
2000	558	16,505	279	5	1,132
1999	534	-	262	-	1,141
1998	515	-	252	-	1,180
1997	469	-	236	-	1,308
1996	460	11,289	234	7	1,283
1995	432	9,205	218	9	1,359
1994	416	8,518	206	10	1,408
1993	382	11,265	194	7	1,581
1992	382	14,569	192	5	1,616
1991	360	14,454	186	5	1,725
1990	328	6,001	168	15	1,818
1989	323	5,179	163	17	1,835
1988	333	5,196	166	16	1,704
1987	329	7,734	161	9	1,685
1986	323	3,597	159	24	1,682
1985	332	4,210	164	19	1,681
1984	320	4,629	158	16	1,707
1983	317	4,587	156	16	1,759
1982	333	4,448	162	17	1,692
1981	308	3,577	151	23	1,803
1980	306	3,933	151	20	1,788
1979	300	5,268	148	13	1,838
1978	304	3,703	149	20	1,755
1977	292	3,996	143	18	1,860
1976	289	3,146	141	23	1,782
1975	288	4,733	138	13	1,812
1974	283	3,796	134	17	1,935
1973	282	4,722	135	12	1,902
1972	271	3,126	130	21	2,105
1971	258	3,584	126	18	2,521
1970	260	3,068	124	22	2,643
1969	252	2,740	121	24	2,622
1968	230	2,332	109	28	2,702
1967	222	2,742	107	21	2,902
1966	226	2,489	104	24	2,992
1965	222	2,999	101	18	3,273
1964	221	3,450	102	15	3,585
1963	229	3,414	104	15	3,622
1962	235	2,708	107	21	3,592
1961	221	2,796	105	20	3,958
1960	224	2,478	106	24	4,125
1959	214	2,131	100	29	4,305
1958	204	2,481	94	22	4,442
1957	186	2,087	86	28	4,688
1956	177	2,130	82	27	4,893
1955	175	2,598	82	19	4,777
1954	171	2,662	81	18	4,849
1953	164	1,775	78	32	4,977
1952	163	2,242	79	22	4,905
1951	151	1,822	76	29	5,085
1950	142	1,857	66	27	4,939
1949	135	1,788	64	29	5,237
1948	131	1,758	65	29	5,376
1947	127	1,888	64	27	5,770
1946	128	1,664	63	29	4,911
1945	110	1,501	55	30	4,481
1944	107	1,895	54	21	4,681
1943	104	1,571	53	29	5,025
1942	102	1,839	51	22	5,148
1941	105	1,434	50	30	4,441
1940	104	1,334	50	32	4,323
1939	101	1,451	49	27	4,224
1938	99	1,683	47	22	4,388
1937	95	1,434	46	27	4,357
1936	89	1,196	44	36	4,419
1935	85	1,293	42	32	4,613
1934	84	1,059	40	44	4,678
1933	85	1,278	40	32	4,691
1932	82	951	39	56	5,129
1931	73	915	37	58	5,406
1930	72	1,027	34	52	5,818
1929	69	1,008	32	52	5,991
1928	70	945	32	63	6,287
1927	66	909	29	68	6,664
1926	66	884	30	71	6,513
1925	65	902	29	68	6,787
1924	64	1,022	28	57	7,046
1923	63	1,045	27	53	7,076
1922	62	934	27	63	7,094
1921	65	1,087	29	49	7,249
1920	67	955	28	59	6,969
1919	65	1,127	28	43	6,659
1918	60	1,003	24	52	7,085
1917	57	941	23	55	6,772
1916	55	1,323	22	31	6,815
1915	55	942	23	50	6,518
1914	46	894	20	43	5,495
1913	51	974	20	31	4,258
1912	53	1,132	20	22	3,591
1911	78	1,092	21	17	1,838
1910	83	824	24	28	1,569
1909	89	952	24	19	1,231
1908	85	1,069	22	15	1,317
1907	95	1,183	25	12	1,111
1906	87	1,276	22	10	1,101
1905	99	1,045	25	14	981
1904	100	1,146	26	11	936
1903	98	849	25	17	889
1902	98	1,715	25	6	912
1901	101	1,287	25	8	797
1900	95	1,035	26	14	1,099
1899	99	1,151	26	9	771
1898	99	1,030	27	12	862
1897	94	1,131	23	9	831
1896	89	1,173	22	9	871
1895	88	1,255	21	8	913
1894	88	1,197	21	8	869
1893	89	885	22	12	816
1892	86	1,135	22	8	865
1891	82	684	19	16	786
1890	82	858	19	11	860
1889	79	935	19	9	837
1888	76	1,093	19	7	884
1887	72	996	19	7	791
1886	66	806	19	9	846
1885	66	1,135	19	5	809
1884	62	985	19	6	886
1883	60	675	19	9	797
1882	50	863	18	6	852
1881	49	-	19	-	746
1880	40	893	19	5	828

Show all years since 1880 ▼

1880-89	60	931	19
1890-99	89	1039	22
1900-09	95	1178	25
1910-19	60	1014	22
1920-29	65	965	29
1930-39	85	1204	41
1940-49	113	1654	56
1950-59	170	2184	80
1960-64	227	2849	106
1965-69	225	2641	105
1970-74	268	3625	129
1975-79	293	3895	143
1980-84	316	4136	155
1985-89	329	5184	163
1990-94	363	11572	185
1995-99	469	10247	235
2000	558	16505	279
2001	559	-	279
2002	550	17032	272
2003	566	-	283
2004	610	-	302
2005	646	-	324
2006	662	-	321
2007	697	-	345
2008	715	-	350
2009	721	-	353
2010	695	-	343
2011	683	-	332
2012	623	-	312

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