# Aloysius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aloysius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /æl.əʊˈɪʃ.əs/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,724 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,724 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 29, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Latinization of Occitan Aloys, an Occitan form of Louis. Doublet of Louis.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,596 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,643 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,413 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,074 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,068 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,802 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,783 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,328 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,165 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,047 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,788 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,026 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,479 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,711 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,864 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Alois
- French: Aloïs
- German: Alois
- Hungarian: Alajos
- Italian: Luigi, Aloisio
- Latin: Aloysius
- Latvian: Aloizs
- Polish: Alojzy
- Portuguese: Aloísio
- Russian: Алоиз
- Slovak: Alojz
- Slovene: Alojz, Lojze
- Vietnamese: Aloisiô

## People named Aloysius

- Aloysius Bertrand, French poet (1807–1841)
- James Aloysius Hickey, Catholic cardinal (1920-2004)
- Aloysius Ambrozic, Canadian Roman-Catholic priest cardinal (1930–2011)
- Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (1916–2013)
- Aloysius Maryadi Sutrisnaatmaka, 21st-century Indonesian Catholic bishop
- Aloysius Anagonye, American basketball player
- Edmund Aloysius Walsh, American Jesuit and founder of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service (1885–195
- Aloysius Fondong Abangalo, Cameroonian Catholic priest
- Aloysius John Wycislo, American Roman Catholic bishop (1908–2005)
- Aloysius Schwartz, American Venerable (1930-1992)
- Aloysius Bigirumwami, Catholic bishop (1904-1986)
- Hugh Aloysius Donohoe, Bishop of Fresno (1905–1987)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.