NameTides

Louie

Louie was the #596 boys' name in the US in 2025 (481 babies), and #28 in England & Wales and #312 in Canada.

Louie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Louie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Louie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#596 (481)#28 (1,418)#37 (107)#83 (29)#103 (55)#312 (106)#45 (150)#71 (102)
2024#573 (500)#28 (1,516)#45 (99)#74 (32)#134 (39)#352 (93)#65 (117)#66 (112)
2023#610 (460)#36 (1,421)#39 (111)#95 (26)#133 (42)#414 (70)—#83 (80)
2022#713 (370)#40 (1,396)#63 (83)#98 (26)#175 (30)#432 (67)—#93 (74)
2021#701 (377)#41 (1,461)#60 (88)#95 (29)#158 (35)#422 (70)——
2020#767 (314)#46 (1,292)#69 (78)#131 (20)#147 (39)#557 (47)——
2019#810 (282)#42 (1,446)#66 (91)#133 (19)#140 (43)#633 (41)——
2018#907 (237)#48 (1,319)#109 (56)#171 (14)#151 (39)#524 (53)——
2017#968 (214)#46 (1,365)#104 (60)#147 (18)#149 (40)#706 (35)——
2016#911 (236)#47 (1,380)#117 (56)#162 (16)#254 (19)#738 (34)——
2015#958 (215)#63 (1,002)#176 (33)#142 (19)#329 (13)#765 (32)——
2014#1,102 (173)#67 (1,015)#150 (39)#202 (11)#215 (27)#898 (25)——
2013#1,216 (147)#71 (868)#171 (32)#219 (9)#276 (17)#1,028 (20)——
2012#1,226 (144)#79 (832)#191 (29)#231 (8)#263 (19)#1,334 (14)——
2011#1,285 (133)#74 (887)#155 (39)#204 (10)#342 (12)#1,038 (20)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1901 at #229.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 7% of US babies named Louie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 190very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 180very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 290common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 430common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Louie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Louie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #374WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #186MNIllinois: #500ILMichigan: #363MINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #331IAIndiana: #452INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #531CAUtah: #327UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #266NEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #569KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #650GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #777FL
Louie (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#36636
Quebec2025#6236

Louie (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LouieCanadaGirls—too few
LouieCanadaBoys#312106
LouieEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LouieEngland & WalesBoys#281,418
LouieIrelandBoys#10355
LouieNorthern IrelandBoys#8329
LouieNSWBoys#45150
LouieScotlandBoys#37107
LouieUSGirls#4,06735
LouieUSBoys#596481
LouieVICBoys#71102

Notes on Louie

Girls were once a sizeable minority of American Louies, at 30% in 1880 and still 10% in 1925. Today England and Wales has it in the top 30, at #28 in 2024 and 2025. The US ranked it higher in 1901, at #229, than it does now, after a low of #1,614 in 2007. New South Wales gave it its best rank yet in 2025, #45.