How popular is “Luis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Luis” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Luis” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Luis” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Luis” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Luis” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Luis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Luis” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	12	0.000059558		12	-100%
1881	12	0.000062277		12	-100%
1882	13	0.000058682		13	-100%
1883	8	0.000036876		8	-100%
1884	14	0.000057504		14	-100%
1885	11	0.000045671		11	-100%
1886	12	0.000047001		12	-100%
1887	9	0.00003638		9	-100%
1888	9	0.000030053		9	-100%
1889	11	0.000038069		11	-100%
1890	8	0.000026543		8	-100%
1891	9	0.000031395		9	-100%
1892	10	0.000029907		10	-100%
1893	10	0.000030748		10	-100%
1894	17	0.000050193		17	-100%
1895	9	0.00002564		9	-100%
1896	14	0.000039163		14	-100%
1897	8	0.000023058		8	-100%
1898	12	0.000031458		12	-100%
1899	14	0.000041269		14	-100%
1900	21	0.00004664		21	-100%
1901	16	0.000046268		16	-100%
1902	19	0.00004913		19	-100%
1903	20	0.000052466		20	-100%
1904	25	0.00006196		25	-100%
1905	19	0.00004482		19	-100%
1906	19	0.000044346		19	-100%
1907	31	0.000066611		31	-100%
1908	38	0.000077765		38	-100%
1909	36	0.000070419		36	-100%
1910	39	0.000066022		39	-100%
1911	45	0.000069846		45	-100%
1912	76	0.000076918		76	-100%
1913	83	0.000072992		83	-100%
1914	104	0.000073428		104	-100%
1915	104	0.000056755		104	-100%
1916	105	0.00005428		105	-100%
1917	114	0.000056808		114	-100%
1918	144	0.000066325		144	-100%
1919	209	0.000099041		209	-100%
1920	222	0.000098115	6	216	-95%
1921	241	0.000103234		241	-100%
1922	276	0.000120568		276	-100%
1923	328	0.000142455	7	321	-96%
1924	334	0.000140241		334	-100%
1925	269	0.000115287		269	-100%
1926	320	0.000139379	5	315	-97%
1927	382	0.000164701	10	372	-95%
1928	328	0.000145073	6	322	-96%
1929	382	0.000174257	5	377	-97%
1930	372	0.00016732		372	-100%
1931	283	0.000134481	8	275	-94%
1932	307	0.000145409	5	302	-97%
1933	255	0.000127535	6	249	-95%
1934	294	0.000141563		294	-100%
1935	276	0.000132064	6	270	-96%
1936	229	0.000110225		229	-100%
1937	264	0.000123905		264	-100%
1938	311	0.00014056		311	-100%
1939	240	0.00010892		240	-100%
1940	247	0.000107266	6	241	-95%
1941	256	0.000105072		256	-100%
1942	258	0.000094443		258	-100%
1943	319	0.000113018		319	-100%
1944	349	0.000129736		349	-100%
1945	367	0.000138339		367	-100%
1946	393	0.000122993	5	388	-97%
1947	464	0.000128806		464	-100%
1948	596	0.000172628	6	590	-98%
1949	679	0.000194848	6	673	-98%
1950	662	0.000188962	6	656	-98%
1951	738	0.00020034	8	730	-98%
1952	783	0.000206161	7	776	-98%
1953	888	0.000230431	5	883	-99%
1954	1026	0.000257743	8	1018	-98%
1955	1007	0.000250804		1007	-100%
1956	1106	0.000268249	7	1099	-99%
1957	1125	0.000267721	10	1115	-98%
1958	1237	0.000299233	13	1224	-98%
1959	1294	0.000311208	11	1283	-98%
1960	1344	0.000323558	12	1332	-98%
1961	1416	0.000341839	9	1407	-99%
1962	1465	0.00036304	10	1455	-99%
1963	1454	0.000367339		1454	-100%
1964	1584	0.000407449	16	1568	-98%
1965	1535	0.000423396	10	1525	-99%
1966	1678	0.000482787	19	1659	-98%
1967	1757	0.000517541	18	1739	-98%
1968	1795	0.000531315	17	1778	-98%
1969	2008	0.000577788	21	1987	-98%
1970	2303	0.000638567	19	2284	-98%
1971	2245	0.00065407	19	2226	-98%
1972	2295	0.000730195	17	2278	-99%
1973	2290	0.000759061	17	2273	-99%
1974	2478	0.000815132	27	2451	-98%
1975	2447	0.000810428	26	2421	-98%
1976	2411	0.000794582	22	2389	-98%
1977	2522	0.000793957	28	2494	-98%
1978	2423	0.000763421	24	2399	-98%
1979	2794	0.000839796	42	2752	-97%
1980	3396	0.000985918	37	3359	-98%
1981	3381	0.000977344	38	3343	-98%
1982	3365	0.000959246	41	3324	-98%
1983	3355	0.000968718	33	3322	-98%
1984	3300	0.000945896	37	3263	-98%
1985	3737	0.00104704	32	3705	-98%
1986	4078	0.001146447	51	4027	-97%
1987	3957	0.001097455	37	3920	-98%
1988	4371	0.001182936	40	4331	-98%
1989	4892	0.001272485	40	4852	-98%
1990	5843	0.001478313	48	5795	-98%
1991	5948	0.001526982	53	5895	-98%
1992	6212	0.001617172	47	6165	-98%
1993	6455	0.001712075	43	6412	-99%
1994	6399	0.001721247	38	6361	-99%
1995	6204	0.001694084	30	6174	-99%
1996	6436	0.001764644	29	6407	-99%
1997	7147	0.001971179	18	7129	-99%
1998	7225	0.001964272	24	7201	-99%
1999	7244	0.001961089	32	7212	-99%
2000	7693	0.002035237	31	7662	-99%
2001	7521	0.002009141	32	7489	-99%
2002	7408	0.001981654	30	7378	-99%
2003	7604	0.001999832	19	7585	-100%
2004	7512	0.001966017	17	7495	-100%
2005	7480	0.001945462	12	7468	-100%
2006	7936	0.002005971	15	7921	-100%
2007	8066	0.002017669	12	8054	-100%
2008	7146	0.001818013	12	7134	-100%
2009	6158	0.001611968	14	6144	-100%
2010	5133	0.001388897	6	5127	-100%
2011	4703	0.001285748	10	4693	-100%
2012	4373	0.001195669		4373	-100%
2013	4012	0.001100485	5	4007	-100%
2014	3910	0.001054939	6	3904	-100%
2015	3733	0.00100867		3733	-100%
2016	3561	0.000970644	6	3555	-100%
2017	3389	0.000947655	5	3384	-100%
2018	3099	0.000881425		3099	-100%
2019	3195	0.000920502		3195	-100%
2020	2706	0.00081004	5	2701	-100%
2021	2747	0.000810815	7	2740	-99%
2022	2952	0.000872563		2952	-100%
2023	2774	0.000837764	7	2767	-99%
2024	2778	0.00083461		2778	-100%

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