Meaning not yet researched.
Louie: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 481 in 2025. Its best rank was #230 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #230 in 1901; #596 in 2025. About 93% of babies named Louie in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#596 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #230.
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Louie: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 481 boys in 2025. Peak: #230 in 1901 · most boys in one year: 500 (2024).
In 2025, 481 US boys were named Louie, making it the 596th most common boys’ name of the year, down 23 places from #573 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 500 boys named Louie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #230, reached in 1901. The most boys given the name in a single year was 500, in 2024. For comparison, it was #963 in 2015 and #352 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Louie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 47 babies with the name. In all, 33,338 US babies have been given the name, 7.0% of them girls and 93% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,618 babies named Louie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,471 US boys were named Louie; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 500. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,551 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Louie ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #190 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Louis (409,317 babies since 1880), Louise (338,662 babies since 1880), Lois (335,594 babies since 1880) and Lewis (156,636 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Luie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Luie (145).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Louie in the open dataset we use.
Louie is listed as a nickname for Louis.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 35 | #190 | #419 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #245 | — |
| Nebraska | 9 | #281 | — |
| Utah | 14 | #340 | — |
| Iowa | 11 | #342 | — |
| Michigan | 24 | #370 | #1,185 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | #386 | — |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #399 | — |
| Idaho | 6 | #411 | #369 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #423 | — |
| Colorado | 13 | #452 | — |
| Indiana | 15 | #472 | #774 |
| Nevada | 6 | #491 | #428 |
| Illinois | 20 | #505 | #1,051 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #510 | — |
| Washington | 14 | #522 | #739 |
| California | 58 | #534 | #583 |
| Ohio | 18 | #570 | #1,047 |
| Arizona | 12 | #582 | #846 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #603 | — |
| Missouri | 9 | #624 | #707 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #648 | #1,271 |
| Georgia | 15 | #666 | — |
| New York | 20 | #736 | #1,207 |
| Maryland | 6 | #771 | — |
| Florida | 19 | #794 | #1,467 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #858 | — |
| North Carolina | 9 | #912 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,130 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,191 | — |
| Texas | 16 | #1,278 | #1,271 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,135 | 481 | #596 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,823 | 500 | #573 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,875 | 460 | #610 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,890 | 370 | #714 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,680 | 377 | #701 |
| 2020 | 16 | #7,094 | 314 | #767 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,979 | 282 | #810 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,260 | 237 | #908 |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,197 | 214 | #970 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,767 | 236 | #915 |
| 2015 | 5 | #18,065 | 215 | #963 |
| 2014 | — | — | 173 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | — | — | 147 | #1,226 |
| 2012 | — | — | 144 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,443 | 133 | #1,291 |
| 2010 | — | — | 126 | #1,354 |
| 2009 | — | — | 108 | #1,536 |
| 2008 | — | — | 101 | #1,579 |
| 2007 | — | — | 96 | #1,619 |
| 2006 | — | — | 108 | #1,444 |
| 2005 | — | — | 98 | #1,482 |
| 2004 | — | — | 84 | #1,576 |
| 2003 | — | — | 86 | #1,508 |
| 2002 | — | — | 88 | #1,455 |
| 2001 | — | — | 86 | #1,447 |
| 2000 | — | — | 109 | #1,231 |
| 1999 | — | — | 100 | #1,246 |
| 1998 | — | — | 121 | #1,077 |
| 1997 | — | — | 105 | #1,165 |
| 1996 | — | — | 103 | #1,152 |
| 1995 | — | — | 96 | #1,183 |
| 1994 | — | — | 90 | #1,216 |
| 1993 | — | — | 121 | #985 |
| 1992 | — | — | 108 | #1,056 |
| 1991 | — | — | 144 | #880 |
| 1990 | — | — | 146 | #847 |
| 1989 | — | — | 117 | #945 |
| 1988 | — | — | 132 | #826 |
| 1987 | — | — | 139 | #784 |
| 1986 | — | — | 128 | #804 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,870 | 119 | #819 |
| 1984 | — | — | 123 | #782 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,248 | 129 | #762 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,506 | 141 | #738 |
| 1981 | — | — | 145 | #719 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,378 | 147 | #723 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,709 | 175 | #647 |
| 1978 | — | — | 140 | #712 |
| 1977 | — | — | 151 | #691 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,766 | 148 | #681 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,925 | 158 | #655 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,342 | 178 | #601 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,095 | 207 | #545 |
| 1972 | — | — | 212 | #548 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,338 | 194 | #595 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,754 | 208 | #562 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,129 | 176 | #585 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,975 | 224 | #505 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,395 | 176 | #567 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,237 | 213 | #523 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,580 | 251 | #487 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,792 | 262 | #489 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,555 | 268 | #488 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,147 | 264 | #487 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,740 | 333 | #438 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,162 | 328 | #446 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,494 | 322 | #445 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,476 | 383 | #398 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,412 | 344 | #422 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,342 | 313 | #427 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,251 | 342 | #391 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,967 | 317 | #402 |
| 1953 | — | — | 342 | #371 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,309 | 331 | #373 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,443 | 377 | #353 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,394 | 366 | #352 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,936 | 393 | #339 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,903 | 390 | #339 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,844 | 365 | #357 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,346 | 350 | #346 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,686 | 328 | #327 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,247 | 338 | #329 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,971 | 332 | #336 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,488 | 341 | #328 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,852 | 336 | #319 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,822 | 334 | #306 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,767 | 348 | #301 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,287 | 322 | #306 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,149 | 333 | #294 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,923 | 344 | #290 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,747 | 345 | #293 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,140 | 346 | #290 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,696 | 346 | #283 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,472 | 358 | #287 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,360 | 347 | #299 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,489 | 393 | #286 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,679 | 382 | #285 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,173 | 389 | #285 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,246 | 379 | #292 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,499 | 424 | #278 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,167 | 421 | #281 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,424 | 460 | #265 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,154 | 465 | #261 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,138 | 458 | #264 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,161 | 427 | #270 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,164 | 421 | #268 |
| 1919 | 59 | #920 | 442 | #252 |
| 1918 | 62 | #913 | 396 | #268 |
| 1917 | 53 | #959 | 392 | #256 |
| 1916 | 46 | #1,017 | 354 | #269 |
| 1915 | 60 | #842 | 360 | #251 |
| 1914 | 51 | #822 | 268 | #266 |
| 1913 | 35 | #905 | 210 | #263 |
| 1912 | 37 | #823 | 177 | #264 |
| 1911 | 31 | #782 | 90 | #276 |
| 1910 | 29 | #805 | 95 | #248 |
| 1909 | 23 | #862 | 78 | #253 |
| 1908 | 25 | #781 | 63 | #270 |
| 1907 | 28 | #721 | 72 | #245 |
| 1906 | 25 | #738 | 54 | #267 |
| 1905 | 20 | #838 | 71 | #232 |
| 1904 | 15 | #954 | 67 | #231 |
| 1903 | 21 | #749 | 44 | #284 |
| 1902 | 24 | #705 | 60 | #236 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,046 | 58 | #230 |
| 1900 | 21 | #818 | 61 | #264 |
| 1899 | 22 | #671 | 50 | #235 |
| 1898 | 22 | #707 | 55 | #237 |
| 1897 | 17 | #775 | 49 | #252 |
| 1896 | 23 | #663 | 45 | #273 |
| 1895 | 29 | #556 | 46 | #263 |
| 1894 | 20 | #675 | 42 | #272 |
| 1893 | 19 | #677 | 40 | #277 |
| 1892 | 28 | #520 | 48 | #260 |
| 1891 | 18 | #633 | 27 | #330 |
| 1890 | 33 | #456 | 39 | #276 |
| 1889 | 27 | #482 | 40 | #264 |
| 1888 | 31 | #446 | 48 | #254 |
| 1887 | 28 | #416 | 31 | #303 |
| 1886 | 15 | #594 | 36 | #284 |
| 1885 | 19 | #495 | 43 | #255 |
| 1884 | 19 | #471 | 44 | #258 |
| 1883 | 26 | #362 | 42 | #256 |
| 1882 | 19 | #427 | 46 | #252 |
| 1881 | 28 | #300 | 31 | #288 |
| 1880 | 14 | #459 | 33 | #287 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).