Louie
#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · #596 for boys in 2025, 481 births
Given to boys 93.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 33 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 30,992since 1880
Louie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,067 | 35 | #596 | 481 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #573 | 500 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #610 | 460 |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | #713 | 370 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #701 | 377 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #767 | 314 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #810 | 282 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #907 | 237 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #968 | 214 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #911 | 236 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #958 | 215 |
| 2014 | — | #1,102 | 173 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,216 | 147 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,226 | 144 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,285 | 133 |
| 2010 | — | #1,349 | 126 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,529 | 108 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,571 | 101 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,614 | 96 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,438 | 108 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,478 | 98 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,565 | 84 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,497 | 86 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,447 | 88 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,441 | 86 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,228 | 109 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,241 | 100 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,077 | 121 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,161 | 105 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,149 | 103 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,182 | 96 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,211 | 90 | |
| 1993 | — | #983 | 121 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,055 | 108 | |
| 1991 | — | #877 | 144 | |
| 1990 | — | #845 | 146 | |
| 1989 | — | #940 | 117 | |
| 1988 | — | #823 | 132 | |
| 1987 | — | #782 | 139 | |
| 1986 | — | #803 | 128 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #818 | 119 |
| 1984 | — | #780 | 123 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #761 | 129 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #732 | 141 |
| 1981 | — | #717 | 145 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #718 | 147 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #644 | 175 |
| 1978 | — | #711 | 140 | |
| 1977 | — | #689 | 151 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #679 | 148 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #653 | 158 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #600 | 178 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #542 | 207 |
| 1972 | — | #546 | 212 | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #592 | 194 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #562 | 208 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #584 | 176 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #504 | 224 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #567 | 176 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #521 | 213 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #487 | 251 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #488 | 262 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #488 | 268 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #487 | 264 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #437 | 333 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #445 | 328 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #445 | 322 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #398 | 383 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #422 | 344 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #427 | 313 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #391 | 342 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #402 | 317 |
| 1953 | — | #371 | 342 | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #373 | 331 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #353 | 377 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #352 | 366 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 | #338 | 393 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #339 | 390 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | #357 | 365 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #346 | 350 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #327 | 328 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | #329 | 338 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #334 | 332 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | #328 | 341 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #319 | 336 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | #306 | 334 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #300 | 348 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #303 | 322 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 | #294 | 333 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | #289 | 344 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | #293 | 345 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 39 | #290 | 346 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | #283 | 346 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | #287 | 358 |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 | #298 | 347 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #286 | 393 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 | #285 | 382 |
| 1928 | #1,163 | 43 | #284 | 389 |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 | #292 | 379 |
| 1926 | #1,483 | 30 | #278 | 424 |
| 1925 | #1,160 | 44 | #281 | 421 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 | #265 | 460 |
| 1923 | #1,142 | 45 | #261 | 465 |
| 1922 | #1,124 | 46 | #264 | 458 |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 | #270 | 427 |
| 1920 | #1,152 | 43 | #267 | 421 |
| 1919 | #917 | 59 | #252 | 442 |
| 1918 | #910 | 62 | #268 | 396 |
| 1917 | #952 | 53 | #256 | 392 |
| 1916 | #1,013 | 46 | #269 | 354 |
| 1915 | #839 | 60 | #251 | 360 |
| 1914 | #817 | 51 | #266 | 268 |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 | #263 | 210 |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 | #263 | 177 |
| 1911 | #777 | 31 | #275 | 90 |
| 1910 | #794 | 29 | #246 | 95 |
| 1909 | #845 | 23 | #253 | 78 |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | #269 | 63 |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 | #244 | 72 |
| 1906 | #731 | 25 | #266 | 54 |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | #232 | 71 |
| 1904 | #938 | 15 | #230 | 67 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 | #282 | 44 |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | #234 | 60 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | #229 | 58 |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | #262 | 61 |
| 1899 | #664 | 22 | #234 | 50 |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | #234 | 55 |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | #249 | 49 |
| 1896 | #651 | 23 | #270 | 45 |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 | #262 | 46 |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 | #271 | 42 |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | #275 | 40 |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 | #257 | 48 |
| 1891 | #624 | 18 | #325 | 27 |
| 1890 | #446 | 33 | #275 | 39 |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 | #263 | 40 |
| 1888 | #443 | 31 | #252 | 48 |
| 1887 | #412 | 28 | #299 | 31 |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | #283 | 36 |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 | #251 | 43 |
| 1884 | #463 | 19 | #257 | 44 |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | #253 | 42 |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 | #248 | 46 |
| 1881 | #297 | 28 | #286 | 31 |
| 1880 | #449 | 14 | #286 | 33 |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1901 at #229 (58 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–1991
- 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%)
- 13.6% of all boys named Louie (4,226) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 394 | #248 (1882) | #268 |
| 1890s | 441 | #234 (1898) | #265 |
| 1900s | 628 | #229 (1901) | #250 |
| 1910s | 2,784 | #246 (1910) | #261 |
| 1920s | 4,226 | #261 (1923) | #275 |
| 1930s | 3,482 | #283 (1933) | #292 |
| 1940s | 3,507 | #306 (1940) | #332 |
| 1950s | 3,437 | #352 (1950) | #393 |
| 1960s | 2,495 | #437 (1961) | #501 |
| 1970s | 1,771 | #542 (1973) | #622 |
| 1980s | 1,320 | #717 (1981) | #787 |
| 1990s | 1,134 | #845 (1990) | #1,078 |
| 2000s | 964 | #1,228 (2000) | #1,481 |
| 2010s | 1,907 | #810 (2019) | #1,073 |
| 2020s | 2,502 | #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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 224,829 of them was named Louie, which outranked 40.3% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,031Winda10
- #4,031Yola10
- #4,031Zada10
- #4,300Louie9
- #4,300Adair9
- #4,300Adrien9
- #4,300Aide9
- #4,625Adel8
- #4,625Adraine8
- #4,625Adriann8
Tied with 324 names at #4,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 6,629 of them was named Louie, which outranked 90.3% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.