Aloysius

#4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births

Peak · boys
#312
1893 · 31 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,724
since 1880

Aloysius over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Aloysius has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #312, 1893boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,85720
2024#4,70121
2023#5,47017
2022#5,01919
2021#4,78020
2020#5,04118
2019#5,15318
2018#5,32017
2017#3,78128
2016#5,78915
2015#5,05818
2014#7,04811
2013#5,40416
2012#6,62612
2011#6,57812
2010#6,03614
2009#5,80015
2008#7,69810
2007#5,90114
2006#6,09413
2005#6,63411
2004#5,49214
2003#8,6437
2002#5,39513
2001#7,5368
2000#4,57316
1999#6,04210
1998#5,84010
1997#6,1009
1996#5,53510
1995#6,4078
1994#5,45210
1993#4,44713
1992#4,87211
1991#4,76011
1990#4,99310
1989#3,61815
1988#4,16211
1987#3,95911
1986#3,65312
1985#2,82817
1984#3,45912
1983#2,57718
1982#3,69211
1981#2,33821
1980#2,83116
1979#2,66917
1978#2,79915
1977#3,60610
1976#2,82614
1975#3,24611
1974#2,54915
1973#1,73626
1972#3,3449
1971#2,12619
1970#1,93921
1969#2,30814
1968#1,78820
1967#2,13914
1966#2,04315
1965#1,72021
1964#1,35034
1963#1,51327
1962#1,58825
1961#1,82320
1960#1,55227
1959#1,70922
1958#1,95317
1957#1,88718
1956#1,48028
1955#1,48327
1954#1,36131
1953#1,33132
1952#1,58223
1951#1,43027
1950#1,34029
1949#1,43426
1948#1,40027
1947#1,25234
1946#1,23632
1945#1,16332
1944#1,13534
1943#1,21432
1942#1,08939
1941#1,12934
1940#89350
1939#82954
1938#88350
1937#98241
1936#78061
1935#90349
1934#77963
1933#74567
1932#72175
1931#67379
1930#63493
1929#578107
1928#547123
1927#549126
1926#563119
1925#527136
1924#483164
1923#499149
1922#489160
1921#431199
1920#431194
1919#423192
1918#437183
1917#421180
1916#394199
1915#393187
1914#397143
1913#393118
1912#40192
1911#40949
1910#52429
1909#37141
1908#45229
1907#43928
1906#47222
1905#42126
1904#43124
1903#47020
1902#46021
1901#55913
1900#35737
1899#37624
1898#32036
1897#36726
1896#38825
1895#35827
1894#43919
1893#31231
1892#37526
1891#34025
1890#53313
1889#58111
1888#46417
1887#54411
1886#60510
1885#48015
1884#57011
1883#49713
1882#57611
1881#6538
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Aloysius was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about Aloysius
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 156 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,857)
  • 184 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #4,857)
  • 201 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,857)
  • Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1891 (#533 → #340)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1941 (#893 → #1,129)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #312 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1880–1940
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,408
  • Highest: 1 in 3,408 boys born in 1898 were named Aloysius (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #312 in 1893, was only 1 in 3,623 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.8% of all boys named Aloysius (1,477) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s119#464 (1888)#550
1890s252#312 (1893)#381
1900s261#357 (1900)#443
1910s1,372#393 (1915)#419
1920s1,477#431 (1921)#510
1930s632#634 (1930)#793
1940s340#893 (1940)#1,195
1950s254#1,331 (1953)#1,556
1960s217#1,350 (1964)#1,782
1970s157#1,736 (1973)#2,684
1980s144#2,338 (1981)#3,312
1990s102#4,447 (1993)#5,445
2000s121#4,573 (2000)#6,377
2010s161#3,781 (2017)#5,679
2020s115#4,701 (2024)#4,978

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aloysius in 1980

boys
#2,831
16 births · 1 in 111,497 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #2,831Aloysius16
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 111,497 of them was named Aloysius, which outranked 61.2% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aloysius
  1. #2,729Wendall17
  2. #2,729Zach17
  3. #2,729Zacharia17
  4. #2,831Aloysius16
  5. #2,831Adriana16
  6. #2,831Agapito16
  7. #2,831Ames16
  8. #2,965Agustine15
  9. #2,965Albino15
  10. #2,965Amaury15

Tied with 133 names at #2,831; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →