boy's name

Luigi

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 9,519

Scotland

#291

1986 births

Luigi is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 52 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Luigi is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2006, when 125 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1905.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Luigi over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,060
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Luigi by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 20
1910s 35
1920s 205
1930s 155
1940s 45
1950s 270
1960s 705
1970s 370
1980s 450
1990s 750
2000s 1,060
2010s 440
2020s (to 2025) 90

How popular is Luigi?

In 2025, Luigi was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Luigi is used

Scotland #291 4 in 1986
Ireland #939 3 in 2025
United States #2,555 52 in 2025
England & Wales #2,774 8 in 2025
France #2,797 10 in 2025
Canada #3,011 6 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Luigi

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Luigi also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Luigi over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Luigi in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Danish
Ludvig
Dutch
Ludwig
French
Loïc
German
Ludwig
Norwegian
Ludvig
Old High German
Ludwig
Polish
Ludwik
Swedish
Ludvig
Welsh
Lewys
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Lewis

Sibling names for Luigi

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Luigi — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Luigi

How popular is the name Luigi?

In 2025, Luigi was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Luigi a girl's or a boy's name?

Luigi is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Luigi?

Luigi has 3 syllables.

When was Luigi most popular?

Luigi peaked in 2006, when 125 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Luigi a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Luigi currently ranks #939 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.