Boy
Louis
Louis is a boy's name meaning "Renowned warrior", drawing on Germanic roots. It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. Its single strongest year on record was 1921.
GermanicRenowned warrior
FrenchRenowned in battle
Births by decade
1900s
10,499
1910s
50,972
1920s
68,294
1930s
48,129
1940s
49,697
1950s
48,163
1960s
33,598
1970s
20,340
1980s
17,529
1990s
14,489
2000s
10,265
2010s
8,930
Peaked in the 1920s · 380,905 total U.S. births since 1900