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Baby name
Louis
Boy
Origin of the name
Louis goes back to the Frankish name of Clovis, king of the Franks, of which it is another form. It is made of hlod, “fame,” and wig, “battle.” Eighteen kings of France bore it.
Classic name
406,470births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 29rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Louis are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Louis is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Louis is most common in Rhode Island (2.4 times), Louisiana (2.3) and Connecticut (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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