Louis Variations & Nicknames

Honor Louis with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.

Save nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

An English form or familiar short form of Louis.

1,391#249
Up 11 rank positions in five years
1921

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

579#516
Up 165 rank positions in five years
1921

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

2,475#144
Down 7 rank positions in five years
2007

An English form or familiar short form of Louis.

736#433
Up 64 rank positions in five years
1921

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

100#1,937
Down 213 rank positions in five years
1921

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

349#780
Up 194 rank positions in five years
1918

An English form or familiar short form of Louis.

481#596
Up 171 rank positions in five years
2024

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

407#697
Up 28 rank positions in five years
2021

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

294#903
Up 94 rank positions in five years
2022

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

146#1,475
Up 1,095 rank positions in five years
1932

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

20#4,863
Up 180 rank positions in five years
1916

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

10#9,838
Up 6,708 rank positions in five years
1953

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

52#2,554
Up 552 rank positions in five years
1969

An English form or familiar short form of Louis.

81#1,929
Up 410 rank positions in five years
2025

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

28#3,910
Up 1,050 rank positions in five years
2000

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

21#4,734
Up 4,155 rank positions in five years
1917

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

12#7,040
Up 2,183 rank positions in five years
1916

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

8#8,945
new
1918

An English form or familiar short form of Louis.

5#13,138
new
1959

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

5#16,320
new
1953

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

36#4,037
Down 827 rank positions in five years
2023

A feminine form or familiar short form in the Louis family.

—Unranked
—
1937

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

—Unranked
—
2015

An international form or spelling in the Louis family.

7#10,279
new
2022

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Sources & methodology

Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.

Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.

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