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How popular is the name Louis?
Births per year, rank history and how many Louises are alive today.
Louis (male), a spelling of Lewis, is currently the 47th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 1,092 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 1,976 babies were given the name, the 38th most popular that year. Louis fell out of the top 100 after 1914 and returned in 1994, a classic revival pattern. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 38,000 babies have been named Louis in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Louis include Louie and Loui.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lewis you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Lewises born in England and Wales are between 20 and 38, and there are at least 170,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 43% chance that at least one of them will be called Lewis.
How many babies are named Louis each year?
Includes all spellings: Louis, Lewis. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Louis spelling rank?
Where does the Lewis spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Louis most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Lewis, peaked in 2001, when 6,500 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Louis spelling itself peaked in 2004, with 1,976 babies.
How many people are called Louis?
At least 170,000 people named Louis in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Louis?
Most living Louises are between 20 and 38; the most common age is about 26.
Is Louis becoming more or less popular?
Reviving: it has returned to the top 100 after time away.