# Louie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/louie/  
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 | /ˈluː.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 33,338 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 30,992 / 2,346 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25,686, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Louis /Louise /Louisa + -ie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 11,506 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,248 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,870 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,443 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,065 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,767 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,197 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,260 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,979 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,094 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,680 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,890 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,875 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,823 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,135 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 133 | 1,291 |
| 2012 | 144 | 1,232 |
| 2013 | 147 | 1,226 |
| 2014 | 173 | 1,106 |
| 2015 | 215 | 963 |
| 2016 | 236 | 915 |
| 2017 | 214 | 970 |
| 2018 | 237 | 908 |
| 2019 | 282 | 810 |
| 2020 | 314 | 767 |
| 2021 | 377 | 701 |
| 2022 | 370 | 714 |
| 2023 | 460 | 610 |
| 2024 | 500 | 573 |
| 2025 | 481 | 596 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 887 | 74 |
| 2012 | 832 | 79 |
| 2013 | 868 | 71 |
| 2014 | 1,015 | 67 |
| 2015 | 1,002 | 63 |
| 2016 | 1,380 | 47 |
| 2017 | 1,365 | 46 |
| 2018 | 1,319 | 48 |
| 2019 | 1,446 | 42 |
| 2020 | 1,292 | 46 |
| 2021 | 1,461 | 41 |
| 2022 | 1,396 | 40 |
| 2023 | 1,421 | 36 |
| 2024 | 1,516 | 28 |
| 2025 | 1,418 | 28 |

## People named Louie

- Louie Anderson, American stand-up comedian and actor
- Louie Bickerton, Australian tennis player (1902–1998)
- Louie Hinchliffe, British sprinter
- Louie Dampier, American basketball player-coach
- Louie Psihoyos, American photographer and film director
- Louie Clemente, American drummer
- Louie Vito, American snowboarder
- Louie Barry, English association football player
- Louie Donowa, English footballer (born 1964)

## 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.