Loomis — boys' name
125 babies named Loomis in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Loomis was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Loomis in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loomis
The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Loomis between 1913 and 1947, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loomis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loomis performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Loomis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loomis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loomis 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 125 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.
Loomis at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Loomis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1913
- Peak year (1914)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
125 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 10 births in a single year.
Loomis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 44 births that decade — 35% of Loomis's all-time total
Loomis decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Loomis's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Loomis by state
Where Loomis concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 5 | 4.0% |
5 of 125 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maine 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1913–1947 (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.