# Loki (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/loki/  
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 | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈloʊki/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,101 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,006 / 95 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,173, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 19,334 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,182 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,431 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,615 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,634 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,381 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,268 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,484 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,543 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,764 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,885 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,779 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,225 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 71 | 1,959 |
| 2012 | 77 | 1,890 |
| 2013 | 87 | 1,704 |
| 2014 | 112 | 1,462 |
| 2015 | 116 | 1,458 |
| 2016 | 94 | 1,680 |
| 2017 | 92 | 1,712 |
| 2018 | 123 | 1,428 |
| 2019 | 150 | 1,257 |
| 2020 | 135 | 1,331 |
| 2021 | 156 | 1,235 |
| 2022 | 136 | 1,377 |
| 2023 | 111 | 1,571 |
| 2024 | 94 | 1,761 |
| 2025 | 85 | 1,858 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 958 |
| 2012 | 47 | 704 |
| 2013 | 37 | 821 |
| 2014 | 74 | 519 |
| 2015 | 80 | 489 |
| 2016 | 90 | 452 |
| 2017 | 72 | 537 |
| 2018 | 88 | 460 |
| 2019 | 95 | 429 |
| 2020 | 80 | 482 |
| 2021 | 98 | 425 |
| 2022 | 86 | 465 |
| 2023 | 84 | 478 |
| 2024 | 51 | 702 |
| 2025 | 44 | 763 |

## People named Loki

- Loki Schmidt, German environmentalist, botanist and botanical collector (1919–2010)

## 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.