Lui

maleStatistical record

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

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

Lui: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #369, and it stood at #3,990 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#369highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1578
1998	#2074
2000	#2142
2001	#2220
2002	#1190
2003	#1629
2004	#2070
2005	#2174
2006	#2087
2007	#1361
2008	#2276
2009	#1649
2010	#2629
2011	#2039
2012	#3039
2013	#3315
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#3079
2017	#2512
2018	#2693
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2021	#3990

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2039 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2011
Highest recorded position: #369 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3990 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Lui appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 177 births with the name.

Lui across 2 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.

Lui'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1190 (2002)	#3990 (2021)	25 of 26	177 (1996–2021)	16 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1996)	#369 (1996)	#730 (2011)	2 of 16	6 (1996–2011)	3 (1996)

Lui by decade in England and Wales · 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 Lui in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	91	10 of 10	9
2010s	62	10 of 10	6
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lui 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #369 in Republic of Ireland in 1996.

Lui'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2021, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #369, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every registrar that records it began in the same year, 1996.

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.

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Lughaidh · #305, 13y
Luigi · #785, 29y
Luis · #176, 76y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Gift · #369, 23y
Nathen · #369, 21y
Dragan · #370, 26y
Jj · #367, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Blane · #369, 19y
Christophe · #369, 11y
Connall · #369, 15y
Elif · #369, 30y

Lui was ranked #369 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1996. 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.

Lui 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 Lui without appearing here.

Lui moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2512 and #4812.
Herman Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4632 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #4749.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1190 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Lui

Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #1745.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1649 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2629 and #1201.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1361 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #1294.

Moved the opposite way to Lui

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lui went from #2357 to #3990 while Albie went from #853 to #32.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lui went from #2357 to #3990 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lui went from #2357 to #3990 while Alfred went from #218 to #80.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lui went from #2357 to #3990 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Lui

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lui went from #2357 to #3990 and Aaron from #33 to #119.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lui went from #2357 to #3990 and Adam from #16 to #44.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lui went from #2357 to #3990 and Alan from #163 to #352.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Lui went from #2357 to #3990 and Alex from #43 to #122.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #369 in Republic of Ireland in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lui

Lui at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lui across 2 official records

Lui by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Lui across 2 official records

Lui by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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