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Luigi

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Luigi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 49 births. Its best rank was 858th, in 1969.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
490.00% of boys
Peak year
196980 births
Best rank
#858in 1969
Since 1900
4,252people given the name
Babies named Luigi, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

4,252 boys have been named Luigi in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 80 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 2000s alone account for 13%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Luigi
1900s30
1910s255
1920s325
1930s123
1940s81
1950s160
1960s512
1970s564
1980s514
1990s518
2000s569
2010s404
2020s197

In 1969, its biggest year

Luigi was the 858th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1969 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1969.

Names that rose and fell with Luigi

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.