Aloysius
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Aloysius is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Aloysius mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aloysius a girl's or a boy's name?
Aloysius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aloysius in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys.
Aloysius in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
How popular is Aloysius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Aloysius, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 199 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aloysius in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1944, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aloysius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,330 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,235 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,089 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1940 | 50 | #893 |
| 1939 | 54 | #829 |
| 1938 | 50 | #883 |
| 1937 | 41 | #982 |
| 1936 | 61 | #780 |
| 1935 | 49 | #903 |
| 1934 | 63 | #779 |
| 1933 | 67 | #745 |
| 1932 | 75 | #721 |
| 1931 | 79 | #673 |
| 1930 | 93 | #634 |
| 1929 | 107 | #578 |
| 1928 | 123 | #547 |
| 1927 | 126 | #549 |
| 1926 | 119 | #563 |
| 1925 | 136 | #527 |
| 1924 | 164 | #483 |
| 1923 | 149 | #499 |
| 1922 | 160 | #489 |
| 1921 | 199 | #431 |
| 1920 | 194 | #431 |
| 1919 | 192 | #423 |
| 1918 | 183 | #437 |
| 1917 | 180 | #421 |
| 1916 | 199 | #394 |
| 1915 | 187 | #393 |
| 1914 | 143 | #397 |
| 1913 | 118 | #393 |
| 1912 | 92 | #401 |
| 1911 | 49 | #409 |
| 1910 | 29 | #524 |
| 1909 | 41 | #371 |
| 1908 | 29 | #452 |
| 1907 | 28 | #439 |
| 1906 | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | 26 | #421 |
| 1904 | 24 | #431 |
| 1903 | 20 | #470 |
| 1902 | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 37 | #357 |
| 1899 | 24 | #376 |
| 1898 | 36 | #320 |
| 1897 | 26 | #367 |
| 1896 | 25 | #388 |
| 1895 | 27 | #358 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 31 | #312 |
| 1892 | 26 | #375 |
| 1891 | 25 | #340 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 17 | #464 |
| 1887 | 11 | #544 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 15 | #480 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Names like Aloysius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archie, Albert, Otis, Rupert, Arthur, Louie, Otto, Henry, Alfred, Frederick, Charlie, Wilfred
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aloysius: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aloysius, updated 20 October 2026.