Loki — #1769 US boys' name
1,918 babies named Loki in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Loki was born in this single decade.
156 babies were named Loki in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loki
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,918 babies named Loki between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loki currently holds the #1769 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 156 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loki performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 978 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Loki shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Loki in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loki in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,918 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Loki at a glance
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Current rank
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Loki popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2021)
- 156
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #1769 among boys.
1,918 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 156 births in a single year.
Loki popularity over time — girls
88 total births recorded since 2007 (Loki as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Loki accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Loki by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 978 births that decade — 51% of Loki's all-time total
Loki decade highlights
- Peak decade 978 births
- Runner-up 629 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Loki's strongest decade
978 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Loki by state
Where Loki concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 169 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 81 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 66 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Washington | | 60 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 43 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 42 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 39 | 2.0% |
| #8 | New York | | 37 | 1.9% |
169 of 1,918 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
- Texas 4.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.4% of nationwide
- Washington 3.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Loki appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.