Louie

#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · #596 for boys in 2025, 481 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1901 · 58 births
Debut · boys
33 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
30,992
since 1880

Louie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #297, 1881peak #229, 1901girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,06735#596481
2024#6,64217#573500
2023#5,75221#610460
2022#5,79321#713370
2021#5,57322#701377
2020#6,92316#767314
2019#7,71614#810282
2018#9,80610#907237
2017#14,1246#968214
2016#12,8767#911236
2015#16,4195#958215
2014#1,102173
2013#1,216147
2012#1,226144
2011#16,7645#1,285133
2010#1,349126
2009#1,529108
2008#1,571101
2007#1,61496
2006#1,438108
2005#1,47898
2004#1,56584
2003#1,49786
2002#1,44788
2001#1,44186
2000#1,228109
1999#1,241100
1998#1,077121
1997#1,161105
1996#1,149103
1995#1,18296
1994#1,21190
1993#983121
1992#1,055108
1991#877144
1990#845146
1989#940117
1988#823132
1987#782139
1986#803128
1985#8,3187#818119
1984#780123
1983#10,2755#761129
1982#10,5175#732141
1981#717145
1980#10,3925#718147
1979#7,3138#644175
1978#711140
1977#689151
1976#7,2967#679148
1975#9,0675#653158
1974#6,9007#600178
1973#6,6667#542207
1972#546212
1971#5,13610#592194
1970#7,9955#562208
1969#7,4715#584176
1968#5,6427#504224
1967#6,8045#567176
1966#5,8096#521213
1965#5,2897#487251
1964#5,4747#488262
1963#3,45814#488268
1962#6,5785#487264
1961#4,5469#437333
1960#3,09516#445328
1959#4,3009#445322
1958#3,37913#398383
1957#3,30913#422344
1956#4,1619#427313
1955#4,0699#391342
1954#2,88915#402317
1953#371342
1952#3,20112#373331
1951#2,39118#353377
1950#2,34118#352366
1949#2,85013#338393
1948#2,82813#339390
1947#2,76914#357365
1946#3,21710#346350
1945#2,59812#327328
1944#2,19916#329338
1943#2,86111#334332
1942#2,41614#328341
1941#1,81020#319336
1940#1,79220#306334
1939#1,73120#300348
1938#2,22514#303322
1937#2,10115#294333
1936#1,87317#289344
1935#1,72020#293345
1934#1,13339#290346
1933#1,65821#283346
1932#1,44827#287358
1931#1,33630#298347
1930#1,46028#286393
1929#1,64223#285382
1928#1,16343#284389
1927#1,23340#292379
1926#1,48330#278424
1925#1,16044#281421
1924#1,40934#265460
1923#1,14245#261465
1922#1,12446#264458
1921#1,14844#270427
1920#1,15243#267421
1919#91759#252442
1918#91062#268396
1917#95253#256392
1916#1,01346#269354
1915#83960#251360
1914#81751#266268
1913#90135#263210
1912#82037#263177
1911#77731#27590
1910#79429#24695
1909#84523#25378
1908#76825#26963
1907#71028#24472
1906#73125#26654
1905#82520#23271
1904#93815#23067
1903#73421#28244
1902#68824#23460
1901#1,00711#22958
1900#80321#26261
1899#66422#23450
1898#69722#23455
1897#76117#24949
1896#65123#27045
1895#54729#26246
1894#66420#27142
1893#66219#27540
1892#51028#25748
1891#62418#32527
1890#44633#27539
1889#47527#26340
1888#44331#25248
1887#41228#29931
1886#57215#28336
1885#48419#25143
1884#46319#25744
1883#35426#25342
1882#41819#24846
1881#29728#28631
1880#44914#28633
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Louie was already there! It came in at #286, and was given to 33 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 41 boys a year got the name.

See more about Louie
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#573#596)
  • 171 spots since 2020 (#767#596)
  • 362 spots since 2015 (#958#596)
  • Biggest jump: 144 spots in 2015 (#1,102#958)
  • Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1994 (#983#1,211)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #229 (58 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 124 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,836
  • Highest: 1 in 1,836 boys born in 1901 were named Louie (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,551 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.6% of all boys named Louie (4,226) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s394#248 (1882)#268
1890s441#234 (1898)#265
1900s628#229 (1901)#250
1910s2,784#246 (1910)#261
1920s4,226#261 (1923)#275
1930s3,482#283 (1933)#292
1940s3,507#306 (1940)#332
1950s3,437#352 (1950)#393
1960s2,495#437 (1961)#501
1970s1,771#542 (1973)#622
1980s1,320#717 (1981)#787
1990s1,134#845 (1990)#1,078
2000s964#1,228 (2000)#1,481
2010s1,907#810 (2019)#1,073
2020s2,502#573 (2024)#660

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.

Louie in 1955

girls
#4,069
9 births · 1 in 217,253 girls
boys
#391
342 births · 1 in 6,023 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #4,069Louie9

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #391Louie342
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 217,253 of them was named Louie, which outranked 39.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louie
  1. #3,778Wynetta10
  2. #3,778Zenaida10
  3. #3,778Zondra10
  4. #4,069Louie9
  5. #4,069Adaline9
  6. #4,069Adline9
  7. #4,069Adonna9
  8. #4,376Adora8
  9. #4,376Aisha8
  10. #4,376Alessandra8

Tied with 306 names at #4,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 6,023 of them was named Louie, which outranked 91.1% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louie
  1. #388Elbert345
  2. #389Sammie344
  3. #390Darwin343
  4. #391Louie342
  5. #392Alberto339
  6. #392Cornelius339
  7. #394Noel338
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955