Boys' name · since 1990
Loui
Loui has 149 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,203 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Loui is the #9203 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 149 recorded since 1990.
Loui has 149 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9203 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #14,805 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,203 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 149 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loui ranks #14,805 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,203 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 149 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,203 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Loui's 149 recorded births place it above 67.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Loui compares
149 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Loui's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Loui | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 149 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Loui's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Loui's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Loui popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #9203 among boys.
149 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 15 births in a single year.
Loui by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (64 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Loui's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Loui births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 64 births (43% of all-time use).
Loui decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Loui draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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