Louie Boy
How popular is Louie?
#596 boy name in 2025
481 baby boys were named Louie in the US in 2025, making it the 596th most popular boy name. Another 35 girls got the name (#4,066 for girls).
Louie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #596 for boys (▼ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 481 boys, 35 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+124% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #958 in 2015, #767 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (500 boys) |
| Highest rank | #229 in 1901 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 95% boys, 5% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Louie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Louie family of names ranked #572 for boys in 2025 (#549 the year before), with 489 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Louie | 481 | 98% |
| Loui | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Louie is most popular
Babies named Louie per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 1.3 per 1,000 (158 boys)
- North Dakota: 1.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Utah: 0.8 per 1,000 (72 boys)
- Nebraska: 0.7 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- South Dakota: 0.6 per 1,000 (12 boys)
Louie by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 394 | #248 |
| 1890s | 441 | #234 |
| 1900s | 628 | #229 |
| 1910s | 2,784 | #246 |
| 1920s | 4,226 | #261 |
| 1930s | 3,482 | #283 |
| 1940s | 3,507 | #306 |
| 1950s | 3,437 | #351 |
| 1960s | 2,495 | #437 |
| 1970s | 1,771 | #542 |
| 1980s | 1,320 | #717 |
| 1990s | 1,134 | #841 |
| 2000s | 964 | #1,226 |
| 2010s | 1,907 | #810 |
| 2020s | 2,502 | #573 |
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Questions
- Is Louie a boy or girl name?
- Louie is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Louie were boys.
- How popular is the name Louie?
- 481 baby boys were named Louie in the US in 2025, making it the 596th most popular boy name. Another 35 girls got the name (#4,066 for girls).
- When was Louie most popular?
- Louie peaked in 2024, when 500 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #229 in 1901.
- How many people are named Louie?
- 33,338 babies have been named Louie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,609 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 49.
- Where is Louie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Louie was most common in Minnesota, at 1.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.