Unisex name · since 1880
Louie
30,992 babies named Louie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #674 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #596 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 30,992
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
30,992 babies have been named Louie since 1880, making it today's #596 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Louie recorded 30,992 times among boys since 1880, holding rank #596 nationally today, ahead of 96% of boys, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #674 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #596 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 30,992 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louie ranks #674 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #596 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 30,992 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #674 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #596 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 30,992
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Louie's 30,992 recorded births place it above 98.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Louie compares
30,992 Top 5% higher than 95% of 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
Louie's all-time total is 84x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Louie | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 30,992 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 500 | 34 | 22,252 |
Louie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Louie splits its recorded history at 1953: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1891 (27 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 500 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Louie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 500
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Louie popularity over time - girls
2,346 total births recorded since 1880 (Louie as girls' name)
Louie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (4,226 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Louie's strongest decade.
4,226 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Louie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 394
1880s
394 births
- 1890s 441
1890s
441 births
- 1900s 628
1900s
628 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,784 births
- 1920s
1920s
4,226 births
- 1930s
1930s
3,482 births
- 1940s
1940s
3,507 births
- 1950s
1950s
3,437 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,495 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,771 births
- 1980s 1,320
1980s
1,320 births
- 1990s 1,134
1990s
1,134 births
- 2000s 964
2000s
964 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,907 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,502 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 4,226 births (14% of all-time use).
How Louie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Louie's total volume
Louie by state
Where Louie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6,487 | 20.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,053 | 6.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,588 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 1,349 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 1,024 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 973 | 3.1% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 700 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Florida | | 635 | 2.0% |
6,487 of 30,992 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Louie appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Louie's data
- Louie's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (4,226 total births) through the 2020s (2,502) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Louies (6,487 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Louie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Louie 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.