Louie
Louie was given to 481 boys in 2025, #596 among boys’ names; 33,338 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,000 Americans named Louie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (48% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 12 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Louie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Louie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Louie is “a diminutive of the male given name Louis.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given names Louise and Louisa.”
From Louis /Louise /Louisa + -ie.
/ˈluː.i/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Louie?
#596 among boys’ names, 2025
Louie rose from #963 in 2015 to #596 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.11 to 0.28 per 1,000.
517 babies in 2024, the peak
Louie peaked in 2024, when 517 babies were given it (500 boys, #573 among boys’ names). The 516 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 100% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 481 | #596 | 0.28 |
| 2024 | 500 | #573 | 0.29 |
| 2023 | 460 | #610 | 0.27 |
| 2022 | 370 | #714 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 377 | #701 | 0.22 |
| 2020 | 314 | #767 | 0.18 |
| 2019 | 282 | #810 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 237 | #908 | 0.13 |
| 2017 | 214 | #970 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 236 | #915 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 215 | #963 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 173 | #1,106 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 147 | #1,226 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 144 | #1,232 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 133 | #1,291 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 126 | #1,354 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,535 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 101 | #1,579 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 96 | #1,619 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 108 | #1,444 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,481 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 84 | #1,573 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 86 | #1,505 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,452 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,443 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,229 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 100 | #1,243 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 121 | #1,074 | 0.06 |
| 1997 | 105 | #1,162 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 103 | #1,150 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 96 | #1,179 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 90 | #1,212 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 121 | #982 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 108 | #1,053 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 144 | #876 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 146 | #843 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 117 | #942 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 132 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 139 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 128 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 119 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 123 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1983 | 129 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 141 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 145 | #719 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 147 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 175 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1978 | 140 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 151 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 148 | #681 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 158 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 178 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 207 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 212 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 194 | #595 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 208 | #562 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 176 | #585 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 224 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 176 | #567 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 213 | #523 | 0.12 |
| 1965 | 251 | #487 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 262 | #489 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 268 | #488 | 0.13 |
| 1962 | 264 | #487 | 0.13 |
| 1961 | 333 | #438 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 328 | #446 | 0.15 |
| 1959 | 322 | #445 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 383 | #398 | 0.18 |
| 1957 | 344 | #421 | 0.16 |
| 1956 | 313 | #426 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 342 | #390 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 317 | #401 | 0.16 |
| 1953 | 342 | #370 | 0.17 |
| 1952 | 331 | #372 | 0.17 |
| 1951 | 377 | #352 | 0.20 |
| 1950 | 366 | #351 | 0.20 |
| 1949 | 393 | #339 | 0.22 |
| 1948 | 390 | #339 | 0.22 |
| 1947 | 365 | #357 | 0.20 |
| 1946 | 350 | #346 | 0.22 |
| 1945 | 328 | #327 | 0.24 |
| 1944 | 338 | #329 | 0.25 |
| 1943 | 332 | #336 | 0.23 |
| 1942 | 341 | #328 | 0.25 |
| 1941 | 336 | #319 | 0.27 |
| 1940 | 334 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1939 | 348 | #301 | 0.31 |
| 1938 | 322 | #306 | 0.29 |
| 1937 | 333 | #294 | 0.31 |
| 1936 | 344 | #290 | 0.33 |
| 1935 | 345 | #293 | 0.33 |
| 1934 | 346 | #290 | 0.34 |
| 1933 | 346 | #283 | 0.35 |
| 1932 | 358 | #287 | 0.34 |
| 1931 | 347 | #299 | 0.33 |
| 1930 | 393 | #286 | 0.36 |
| 1929 | 382 | #285 | 0.36 |
| 1928 | 389 | #285 | 0.35 |
| 1927 | 379 | #292 | 0.34 |
| 1926 | 424 | #278 | 0.38 |
| 1925 | 421 | #281 | 0.38 |
| 1924 | 460 | #265 | 0.41 |
| 1923 | 465 | #261 | 0.42 |
| 1922 | 458 | #264 | 0.42 |
| 1921 | 427 | #270 | 0.39 |
| 1920 | 421 | #268 | 0.40 |
| 1919 | 442 | #252 | 0.45 |
| 1918 | 396 | #268 | 0.39 |
| 1917 | 392 | #256 | 0.42 |
| 1916 | 354 | #269 | 0.40 |
| 1915 | 360 | #251 | 0.42 |
| 1914 | 268 | #266 | 0.41 |
| 1913 | 210 | #263 | 0.41 |
| 1912 | 177 | #264 | 0.41 |
| 1911 | 90 | #276 | 0.40 |
| 1910 | 95 | #248 | 0.49 |
| 1909 | 78 | #253 | 0.48 |
| 1908 | 63 | #270 | 0.41 |
| 1907 | 72 | #245 | 0.49 |
| 1906 | 54 | #267 | 0.41 |
| 1905 | 71 | #232 | 0.54 |
| 1904 | 67 | #231 | 0.52 |
| 1903 | 44 | #284 | 0.37 |
| 1902 | 60 | #236 | 0.49 |
| 1901 | 58 | #230 | 0.54 |
| 1900 | 61 | #264 | 0.41 |
| 1899 | 50 | #235 | 0.47 |
| 1898 | 55 | #237 | 0.45 |
| 1897 | 49 | #252 | 0.43 |
| 1896 | 45 | #273 | 0.38 |
| 1895 | 46 | #263 | 0.39 |
| 1894 | 42 | #272 | 0.36 |
| 1893 | 40 | #277 | 0.36 |
| 1892 | 48 | #260 | 0.39 |
| 1891 | 27 | #330 | 0.27 |
| 1890 | 39 | #276 | 0.35 |
| 1889 | 40 | #264 | 0.36 |
| 1888 | 48 | #254 | 0.40 |
| 1887 | 31 | #303 | 0.31 |
| 1886 | 36 | #284 | 0.32 |
| 1885 | 43 | #255 | 0.40 |
| 1884 | 44 | #258 | 0.38 |
| 1883 | 42 | #256 | 0.40 |
| 1882 | 46 | #252 | 0.40 |
| 1881 | 31 | #288 | 0.31 |
| 1880 | 33 | #287 | 0.30 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Louie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 33,338 Americans recorded as Louie, 7% are girls and 93% boys. In 2025 it went to 35 girls and 481 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Louie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Louie, and how old are they?
16,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 48% of the 33,338 Americans ever recorded as Louie. The median Louie alive today is 47 years old; half are between 12 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 14,883 people named Louie (354 women and girls, 14,529 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,365 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,270 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,330 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,680 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,900 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,670 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,150 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Louie born?
The states with the most babies named Louie are California, Minnesota and Michigan, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 64 | #534 | 2.8× |
| Minnesota | 35 | #190 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 24 | #370 | 0.5× |
| New York | 20 | #736 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 20 | #505 | 0.6× |
| Utah | 20 | #340 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 19 | #794 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 18 | #570 | 0.4× |
| Texas | 16 | #1,278 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 15 | #666 | 1.1× |
Where Louie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Louie is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 3.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Louie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 34,419 babies since 1880, Louie is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 516 of their 545 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Louie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Louie and names like it
- Compare Louie and LoyeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLouie peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Louie since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Louie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Louie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.