first name
LOUIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,883 people named Louie, 46.7% reported their origin as White, 35.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Louie peaked in 2024, when 517 babies got the name.
At least 33,338 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Louie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #451. The largest share of babies named Louie, 23.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Louie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Louie has been most common in New Mexico (5.2×), Alabama (3.1×), and California (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.18×).
24,807 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Louie
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Louie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Louie ranks #4,177 of 156,621, with 8,210 people. See Louie as a last name
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