Louis

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Louis: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Louis: Recorded since 1946, it reached #38 in 2004, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
193times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#38highest recorded position
36groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Louis's record

Held a top-100 place for 30 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 1,976 births with the name in 2004, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 29 years. Names by sustained share
Moved 161 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#61
1997	#54
1998	#50
1999	#49
2000	#46
2001	#39
2002	#41
2003	#41
2004	#38
2005	#43
2006	#54
2007	#60
2008	#59
2009	#66
2010	#69
2011	#68
2012	#81
2013	#77
2014	#68
2015	#78
2016	#71
2017	#82
2018	#69
2019	#53
2020	#52
2021	#50
2022	#48
2023	#45
2024	#47

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 40 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

In 2025: #55 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #115 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #295 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #334 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #38 among boys in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #55 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Louis appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 62 ranked years and 2,143 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1946.

Louis across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Louis's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#334 (1946)	#185 (2023)	#295 (2025)	40 of 80	458 (1946–2025)	27 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#139 (1964)	#64 (2018)	#115 (2025)	62 of 62	2,143 (1964–2025)	105 (2021)
England and Wales · Boys	#61 (1996)	#38 (2004)	#47 (2024)	29 of 29	35,898 (1996–2024)	1,976 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#124 (1997)	#84 (2004)	#104 (2024)	28 of 28	574 (1997–2024)	33 (2004)
New Zealand · Boys	#96 (1998)	#41 (2021)	#47 (2023)	20 of 26	1,346 (1998–2023)	97 (2021)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#78 (2013)	#42 (2024)	#55 (2025)	13 of 13	1,966 (2013–2025)	187 (2019)

Louis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Louis in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	90	6 of 10	15
1970s	103	10 of 10	10
1980s	90	10 of 10	9
1990s	157	10 of 10	16
2000s	528	10 of 10	53
2010s	734	10 of 10	73
2020sbusiest	441	6 of 10	74

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 74 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births fell by 29, from 105 to 76.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Louis appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #38 in England and Wales in 2004.

Louis's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#47	1,092	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#45	1,236	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#48	1,184	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#50	1,240	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#52	1,186	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#53	1,274	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#69	941	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#82	819	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#71	911	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#78	854	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#68	999	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#77	827	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#81	815	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#68	961	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#69	957	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#66	1,067	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#59	1,205	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#60	1,338	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#54	1,350	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#43	1,611	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#38	1,976	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#41	1,699	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#41	1,721	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#39	1,864	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#46	1,516	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#49	1,397	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#50	1,433	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#54	1,325	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#61	1,100	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#52	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	187	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#47	78	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#63	73	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#41	97	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#52	82	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#75	69	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#58	84	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#90	59	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#82	63	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#84	64	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#62	72	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#63	75	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#75	64	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#68	71	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#90	60	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#98	54	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#92	60	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#95	55	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#92	54	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#83	60	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#96	52	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#104	22	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#106	24	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#142	17	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#134	19	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#93	30	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#90	33	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#135	18	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#157	17	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#134	21	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#166	15	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#157	17	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#146	18	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#156	17	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#151	17	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#140	19	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#111	28	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#120	22	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#124	19	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#84	33	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#100	25	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#116	21	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#96	27	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#113	20	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#134	14	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#125	16	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#124	16	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#295	13	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#212	22	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#185	27	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#212	21	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#190	24	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#230	17	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#209	23	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#206	25	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#224	22	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#289	16	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#210	26	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#330	13	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#409	8	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#302	15	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#405	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#365	11	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#403	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#391	8	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#407	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#506	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#513	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#479	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#572	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#485	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#457	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#530	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#428	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#466	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#420	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#587	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#602	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#429	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#305	8	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#355	5	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#355	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#334	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#115	48	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	68	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	67	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#81	76	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#67	105	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#81	77	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	100	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	101	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#78	89	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#78	88	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	67	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	65	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	55	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	57	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	53	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	59	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	72	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	69	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	81	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	53	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	47	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	57	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	39	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	32	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	46	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	32	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	28	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	20	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	25	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	16	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	10	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	15	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	17	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	9	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	10	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	17	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	12	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	12	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	13	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	16	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	15	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	16	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	13	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	20	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	13	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	13	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#98	53	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 67 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #38, first reached in 2004.

It held a top-100 place in 30 years, 30 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,976 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 78 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Louie-James · #1869, 11y
Louie-Jay · #2813, 13y
Louisa · #166, 59y
Louise · #5, 77y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Claudia · #36, 65y
Alicia · #34, 63y
Naomi · #34, 62y
Vincent · #42, 66y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Jarle · #38, 80y
Oddvar · #38, 73y
Agnes · #39, 81y
Fred · #39, 81y

Louis was ranked #38 in England and Wales · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Louis and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Louis without appearing here.

Louis moved ahead of

Tony Compare
In 2011 they stood at #409 and #339 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #314 and #566.
Tore Compare
In 2011 they stood at #409 and #319 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #314 and #527.
Pål Compare
In 2011 they stood at #409 and #225 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #314 and #521.
Kåre Compare
In 2011 they stood at #409 and #408 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #314 and #512.

Moved ahead of Louis

Ulrik Compare
In 1990 they stood at #587 and #598 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #420 and #254.
Adam Compare
In 1957 they stood at #305 and #380 in Norway · Boys; by 1958 that had become #429 and #284.
Alexander Compare
In 1957 they stood at #305 and #351 in Norway · Boys; by 1958 that had become #429 and #304.
Adrian Compare
In 1972 they stood at #429 and #449 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #602 and #485.

Moved the opposite way to Louis

Richard Compare
Between 1946 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Louis went from #334 to #185 while Richard went from #161 to #481.
Svein Compare
Between 1946 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Louis went from #334 to #185 while Svein went from #6 to #267.
Trond Compare
Between 1946 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Louis went from #334 to #185 while Trond went from #49 to #446.
Kenneth Compare
Between 1946 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Louis went from #334 to #190 while Kenneth went from #275 to #475.

Moved the same way as Louis

Stephen Compare
Between 1946 and 2001 in Norway · Boys, Louis went from #334 to #506 and Stephen from #352 to #522.
Fionn Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Louis went from #193 to #115 and Fionn from #257 to #6.
Ronald Compare
Between 1946 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Louis went from #334 to #513 and Ronald from #147 to #569.
Ryan Compare
Between 1971 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Louis went from #193 to #115 and Ryan from #280 to #57.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #38 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Louis

Louis at a glance

What stands out in Louis's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Louis across 6 official records

Louis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Louis appears in

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Louis and the names beside it

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Louis at a glance

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Louis across 6 official records

Louis by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Louis appears in

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