Boys' name · since 1916
Louia
Louia has 11 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,821 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
11 boys have been named Louia since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louia has been recorded 11 times among boys since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1919.
- #33,821 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louia ranks #33,821 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #33,821 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Louia's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Louia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Louia's full recorded timeline at 1919, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Louia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1919
- Peak year (1919)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Louia by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).
1910s was Louia's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Louia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Louia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~3 yrs)
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, 1916–1919 (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 Louia 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.