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Louie

Gender
Boy
Say it
LOO-ee
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#30 for boys
US rank, 2025
#596 for boys

Louie is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 30th for boys in the UK (1,554 babies) and 596th for boys in the US (481 babies).

What does Louie mean?

Germanic: pet form of Louis, via French

“famous warrior”

Pet form of Louis used as a full name; Louis descends from Chlodowig, the Frankish king better known as Clovis.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Louie a girl's or a boy's name?

Louie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,554 boys in the UK and 35 girls and 481 boys in the US.

How popular is Louie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
30th among boys
Babies in 2025
1,554 about 1 in 190 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 10% in five years
Same name in a class
7% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,554 boys in the UK were named Louie, making it the 30th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 47th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 1,647 boys.

Half of all the boys named Louie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,720 boys in the UK were given Louie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #13, up from #30 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 28th in England and Wales, 37th in Scotland and 83rd in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#91), 2014 (#67) and 2024 (#28).

1996Busiest: 1,647 in 20242025
Louie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,554#30
20241,647#28
20231,558#35
20221,505#41
20211,578#41
20201,390#47
20191,556#46
20181,389#52
20171,443#49
20161,452#49
20151,054#73
20141,065#72
2013909#78
2012869#87
2011936#78
2010948#77
2009792#92
2008756#99
2007687#105
2006590#113
2005550#116
2004658#100
2003490#122
2002424#129
2001352#138
2000272#156
1999248#157
1998231#170
1997164#222
1996114#274

How popular is Louie in the US?

Rank in 2025
596th among boys
Babies in 2025
481 about 1 in 3,600 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 73% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 481 boys in the US were named Louie, making it the 596th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 767th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 500 boys. 35 girls were also named Louie in 2025 (4,066th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Louie in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,900 boys in the US were given Louie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #210, up from #596 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 30% of the babies named Louie in the US in 1880, and 7% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 500 in 20242025
Louie in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025481#596
2024500#573
2023460#610
2022370#713
2021377#701
2020314#767
2019282#810
2018237#907
2017214#968
2016236#911
2015215#958
2014173#1,102
2013147#1,216
2012144#1,226
2011133#1,285
2010126#1,349
2009108#1,528
2008101#1,571
200796#1,614
2006108#1,438
200598#1,477
200484#1,562
200386#1,494
200288#1,444
200186#1,437
2000109#1,226
1999100#1,239
1998121#1,074
1997105#1,158
1996103#1,147
199596#1,178
199490#1,207
1993121#980
1992108#1,052
1991144#873
1990146#841
1989117#937
1988132#822
1987139#782
1986128#803
1985119#818
1984123#780
1983129#761
1982141#732
1981145#717
1980147#718
1979175#644
1978140#711
1977151#689
1976148#679
1975158#653
1974178#600
1973207#542
1972212#546
1971194#592
1970208#562
1969176#584
1968224#504
1967176#567
1966213#521
1965251#487
1964262#488
1963268#488
1962264#487
1961333#437
1960328#445
1959322#445
1958383#398
1957344#421
1956313#426
1955342#390
1954317#401
1953342#370
1952331#372
1951377#352
1950366#351
1949393#338
1948390#339
1947365#357
1946350#346
1945328#327
1944338#329
1943332#334
1942341#328
1941336#319
1940334#306
1939348#300
1938322#303
1937333#294
1936344#289
1935345#293
1934346#290
1933346#283
1932358#287
1931347#298
1930393#286
1929382#285
1928389#284
1927379#292
1926424#278
1925421#281
1924460#265
1923465#261
1922458#264
1921427#270
1920421#267
1919442#252
1918396#268
1917392#256
1916354#269
1915360#251
1914268#266
1913210#263
1912177#263
191190#275
191095#246
190978#253
190863#269
190772#244
190654#266
190571#232
190467#230
190344#282
190260#234
190158#229
190061#262
189950#234
189855#234
189749#249
189645#270
189546#262
189442#271
189340#275
189248#257
189127#325
189039#275
188940#263
188848#252
188731#299
188636#283
188543#251
188444#257
188342#253
188246#248
188131#286
188033#286

Nicknames for Louie

Names like Louie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Archie, Charlie, Otis, Leo, Reuben, Freddie, Henry, Theodore, Rupert, Frederick, Arthur, Albert

Other spellings of Louie

Louis, Loui, Lewie, Lui, Lewi, Lewy

Names related to Louie

Lou

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Emma, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery

Every Germanic name

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, “Louie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/louie, updated 20 October 2026.