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Louie

Say it LOO-ee 2 syllables

French · from Louis, “loud; famous + battle”

Common across the UK, Sweden, Australia, and 2 more places. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

1 in 192 boys born in England and Wales in 2025. Number 28 there.

Louie in every place

Rank, count and share in all 40 places: loved in 0, common in 10, rare in 20.
Louie in every place we hold figures for
Place Rankyear Boysshare 5 years earlier
British Isles
England and Wales28 (up)20251,4181 in 192462020
Scotland37 (up)20251071 in 184692020
Northern Ireland83 (up)2025291 in 2861312020
Ireland103 (up)2025551 in 4311472020
North America
Ontario (province)366 (up)202436about 1 in 1,6637072019
Quebec (province)623 (new in the list)20256about 1 in 4,842Not listed2020
British Columbia (province)318 (down)202310about 1 in 1,3022672018
Nova Scotia (province)Not in the published top 212025Not listed2020
Oceania
New South Wales (state)45 (new in the list)2025150Not listed2020
Victoria (state)71 (new in the list)2025102Not listed2020
Queensland (state)47 (new in the list)2025108Not listed2020
South Australia (state)37 (new in the list)202538Not listed2020
New Zealand30 (up)202590632020
Western Europe
France3,125 (up)202551 in 60,5383,1962020
Netherlands190 (up)202588about 1 in 7564682020
Central Europe
Austria265 (up)2025221 in 1,7303542020
Switzerland138 (up)2025531 in 6791822020
Berlin (city)227 (up)202315about 1 in 1,0346762018
Munich (city)175 (new in the list)20257about 1 in 624Not listed2020
Cologne (city)270 (new in the list)20234about 1 in 1,594Not listed2018
Bonn (city)256 (down)20252about 1 in 1,5851882020
Leipzig (city)Rare: below the complete list20254032020
Rostock (city)Rare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Nordic countries
Norway176 (new in the list)2025271 in 862Not listed2020
Sweden62 (down)2025174about 1 in 248592020
Denmark33 (new in the list)2025212Not listed2020
FinlandNot in the published top 502025No list2020
IcelandNot in the published top 102025No list2020
Southern Europe
SpainNot in the published top 1002024Not listed2019
Catalonia (region)Rare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
Italy4,915 (new in the list)202411 in 189,358Not listed2019
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland581 (new in the list)202531 in 42,135Not listed2020
HungaryNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
SloveniaRare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
EstoniaNot in the published top 272025Not listed2020
Moscow (city)Not in the published top 612025Not listed2020
CroatiaNot in the published top 502025No list2020
Middle East
TurkeyNot in the published top 302025Not listed2020
IsraelRare: below the complete list2024Not listed2019
Latin America
ArgentinaNot in the published top 202024Not listed2019

Germany publishes no national list; the German rows are city registers. About: the publisher leaves out its smallest names, so the share is approximate. ▲ and ▼ compare the rank with five years earlier. Not listed five years earlier: not in that year’s list. No list: the place published no list that year. How these figures are computed.

About the name

Made from Louis, Louise or Louisa with the ending -ie, Louie is a pet form. The meaning comes from Louis, built from Germanic words meaning 'loud; famous' and 'battle'.

2 more paragraphs

It has two syllables, LOO-ee, and a warm, friendly sound, softer and more casual than the full Louis. Related names include Louis, Lewis and Lewy.

Louie is popular in England and Wales, New Zealand and Scotland, and appears in the lists for Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. Canadian records show a peak only very recently, and it is rising in most of the places that record it, falling in hardly any.

Meaning, origin and how to say it

Say it
LOO-ee · 2 syllables · Stress on beat 1 of 2.
Meaning
from Louis, “loud; famous + battle”
Origin
French
Related names
Louis, Lewis, Lewy
Where Louie comes from (Wiktionary)

From Louis, Louise or Louisa + -ie.

Shortened from the Wiktionary entry for Louie. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Louie over time

Rising in 11 of the 15 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 0. Peak in Ontario and British Columbia: 2024.

Rank in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

Louie in England and Wales: #255 in 1996, a peak of #28 in 2024, and #28 in 2025.

#1#10#50#100#300200020052010201520202025Top 101996: #255, 112 boys1997: #206, 161 boys1998: #152, 230 boys1999: #144, 240 boys2000: #141, 268 boys2001: #127, 338 boys2002: #116, 415 boys2003: #111, 470 boys2004: #91, 637 boys2005: #107, 534 boys2006: #102, 579 boys2007: #96, 668 boys2008: #93, 729 boys2009: #84, 757 boys2010: #74, 904 boys2011: #74, 887 boys2012: #79, 832 boys2013: #71, 868 boys2014: #67, 1,015 boys2015: #63, 1,002 boys2016: #47, 1,380 boys2017: #46, 1,365 boys2018: #48, 1,319 boys2019: #42, 1,446 boys2020: #46, 1,292 boys2021: #41, 1,461 boys2022: #40, 1,396 boys2023: #36, 1,421 boys2024: #28, 1,516 boys2025: #28, 1,418 boys#255 in 1996peak #28, 2024#28in 2025
Show the numbers
YearRankBoys
1996255112
1997206161
1998152230
1999144240
2000141268
2001127338
2002116415
2003111470
200491637
2005107534
2006102579
200796668
200893729
200984757
201074904
201174887
201279832
201371868
2014671,015
2015631,002
2016471,380
2017461,365
2018481,319
2019421,446
2020461,292
2021411,461
2022401,396
2023361,421
2024281,516
2025281,418

Source: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3)

The long view: in Ontario and British Columbia

Half of the boys named Louie in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2015. Peak: 2024, about 60 per 100,000 boys. Babies per 100,000 boys, five-year periods.

1925-1929: 0 per 100,000 boys1930-1934: 0 per 100,000 boys1935-1939: 3.4 per 100,000 boys1940-1944: 0 per 100,000 boys19401945-1949: 3.6 per 100,000 boys1950-1954: 0 per 100,000 boys1955-1959: 3.3 per 100,000 boys1960-1964: 6.2 per 100,000 boys19601965-1969: 8.1 per 100,000 boys1970-1974: 5.4 per 100,000 boys1975-1979: 5.4 per 100,000 boys1980-1984: 3.8 per 100,000 boys19801985-1989: 6.9 per 100,000 boys1990-1994: 1.6 per 100,000 boys1995-1999: 4.5 per 100,000 boys2000-2004: 1.6 per 100,000 boys20002005-2009: 3.9 per 100,000 boys2010-2014: 9.5 per 100,000 boys2015-2019: 29.4 per 100,000 boys2020-2024: 49.7 per 100,000 boys20202020-2024: about 1 in 2,010 boys
Show the numbers
YearsPer 100,000 boys
1925–19290
1930–19340
1935–19393.4
1940–19440
1945–19493.6
1950–19540
1955–19593.3
1960–19646.2
1965–19698.1
1970–19745.4
1975–19795.4
1980–19843.8
1985–19896.9
1990–19941.6
1995–19994.5
2000–20041.6
2005–20093.9
2010–20149.5
2015–201929.4
2020–202449.7

Source: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (OGL-Ontario); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (OGL-BC). Dark bar: the period holding the median birth year.

Brothers and middle names for Louie

Brother names

Names that rose and fell with Louie, from the same generation, with no clashing sounds.

  1. 1 in 195, England and Wales

  2. 1 in 157, England and Wales

  3. 1 in 82, Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 317, Scotland

  5. 1 in 339, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 574, England and Wales

  7. 1 in 169, Ireland

  8. 1 in 203, Switzerland

  9. 1 in 164, England and Wales

  10. 1 in 196, Scotland

All 40 brother names for Louie

Middle names

Scored for rhythm against Louie's 2 syllables and for long, steady use.

  1. 1 in 50, Ireland

  2. 1 in 61, Northern Ireland

  3. 1 in 103, England and Wales

  4. 1 in 62, Poland

  5. 1 in 86, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 88, England and Wales

  7. 1 in 137, Scotland

  8. 1 in 224, Northern Ireland

Full-name check

Louie Jack

Syllables 2-1Initials L.J.No sound clashes between the parts.

All 40 middle names for Louie

Sisters for Louie: Esme, Belle, Phoebe, and 5 more
  1. EsmeRose and fell with Louie · Same generation as Louie
  2. BelleRose and fell with Louie · Same generation as Louie
  3. PhoebeRose and fell with Louie · Same generation as Louie
  4. MatildaRose and fell with Louie · Same generation as Louie
  5. ArabellaRose and fell with Louie · Same generation as Louie
  6. PoppyRose and fell with Louie · Same generation as Louie
  7. MaeveRose and fell with Louie · Same generation as Louie
  8. DelilahRose and fell with Louie · Same generation as Louie

Girls' names from the same engine, over the girls' lists of the same publishers.

Moved with Louie

The boy names whose popularity rose and fell most like Louie's across every region and decade we hold.

  1. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  2. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 20 more places.

  3. Common across the UK, Austria, Switzerland, and 12 more places.

  4. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 19 more places.

  5. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  6. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  7. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 16 more places.

  8. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 16 more places.

Famous people named Louie

Louie Anderson and Louie Gohmert

From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article on them. People: Wikidata (CC0). Links go to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists, else English.

Questions about Louie

How popular is Louie in England and Wales?

Louie ranked #28 in England and Wales in 2025, given to 1,418 boys, about 1 in 192.

Is Louie rising in popularity?

Yes, in most of the places we can check. Rising in 11 of the 15 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 0. Rising in: Ontario, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, and 6 other regions.

What does Louie mean?

Louie comes from Louis, which means “loud; famous + battle”, according to Wiktionary.

How many syllables does Louie have?

Louie has 2 syllables: LOO-ee.

Every rank and count on this page comes from an official birth register. How these figures are computed.

Meanings, origins and people: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).

The 42 birth registers behind these figures

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