Aloysius
#4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,724since 1880
Aloysius over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Aloysius has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #4,780 | 20 |
| 2020 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #5,153 | 18 |
| 2018 | #5,320 | 17 |
| 2017 | #3,781 | 28 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #1,939 | 21 |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1963 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #1,823 | 20 |
| 1960 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1954 | #1,361 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,331 | 32 |
| 1952 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #1,340 | 29 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1946 | #1,236 | 32 |
| 1945 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,089 | 39 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #893 | 50 |
| 1939 | #829 | 54 |
| 1938 | #883 | 50 |
| 1937 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #780 | 61 |
| 1935 | #903 | 49 |
| 1934 | #779 | 63 |
| 1933 | #745 | 67 |
| 1932 | #721 | 75 |
| 1931 | #673 | 79 |
| 1930 | #634 | 93 |
| 1929 | #578 | 107 |
| 1928 | #547 | 123 |
| 1927 | #549 | 126 |
| 1926 | #563 | 119 |
| 1925 | #527 | 136 |
| 1924 | #483 | 164 |
| 1923 | #499 | 149 |
| 1922 | #489 | 160 |
| 1921 | #431 | 199 |
| 1920 | #431 | 194 |
| 1919 | #423 | 192 |
| 1918 | #437 | 183 |
| 1917 | #421 | 180 |
| 1916 | #394 | 199 |
| 1915 | #393 | 187 |
| 1914 | #397 | 143 |
| 1913 | #393 | 118 |
| 1912 | #401 | 92 |
| 1911 | #409 | 49 |
| 1910 | #524 | 29 |
| 1909 | #371 | 41 |
| 1908 | #452 | 29 |
| 1907 | #439 | 28 |
| 1906 | #472 | 22 |
| 1905 | #421 | 26 |
| 1904 | #431 | 24 |
| 1903 | #470 | 20 |
| 1902 | #460 | 21 |
| 1901 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #357 | 37 |
| 1899 | #376 | 24 |
| 1898 | #320 | 36 |
| 1897 | #367 | 26 |
| 1896 | #388 | 25 |
| 1895 | #358 | 27 |
| 1894 | #439 | 19 |
| 1893 | #312 | 31 |
| 1892 | #375 | 26 |
| 1891 | #340 | 25 |
| 1890 | #533 | 13 |
| 1889 | #581 | 11 |
| 1888 | #464 | 17 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #605 | 10 |
| 1885 | #480 | 15 |
| 1884 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #497 | 13 |
| 1882 | #576 | 11 |
| 1881 | #653 | 8 |
| 1880 | #526 | 12 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Aloysius was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Aloysius is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Minnesota#171 · 1 in 1,175
- New Jersey#177 · 1 in 2,203
- Pennsylvania#190 · 1 in 2,293
- Connecticut#191 · 1 in 2,301
- Michigan#218 · 1 in 1,838
Best ever in a state: #116 in Wisconsin, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #171 | 16 | 1 in 1,175 |
| New Jersey | #177 | 11 | 1 in 2,203 |
| Pennsylvania | #190 | 32 | 1 in 2,293 |
| Connecticut | #191 | 5 | 1 in 2,301 |
| Michigan | #218 | 15 | 1 in 1,838 |
| Wisconsin | #231 | 10 | 1 in 2,006 |
| Illinois | #244 | 19 | 1 in 2,616 |
| Kansas | #254 | 6 | 1 in 2,197 |
| New York | #260 | 25 | 1 in 3,211 |
| Missouri | #265 | 11 | 1 in 2,237 |
| Ohio | #269 | 13 | 1 in 3,123 |
| Indiana | #285 | 6 | 1 in 3,392 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 156 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,857)
- 184 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #4,857)
- 201 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1891 (#533 → #340)
- Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1941 (#893 → #1,129)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #312 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1880–1940
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,408
- Highest: 1 in 3,408 boys born in 1898 were named Aloysius (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #312 in 1893, was only 1 in 3,623 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 25.8% of all boys named Aloysius (1,477) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 119 | #464 (1888) | #550 |
| 1890s | 252 | #312 (1893) | #381 |
| 1900s | 261 | #357 (1900) | #443 |
| 1910s | 1,372 | #393 (1915) | #419 |
| 1920s | 1,477 | #431 (1921) | #510 |
| 1930s | 632 | #634 (1930) | #793 |
| 1940s | 340 | #893 (1940) | #1,195 |
| 1950s | 254 | #1,331 (1953) | #1,556 |
| 1960s | 217 | #1,350 (1964) | #1,782 |
| 1970s | 157 | #1,736 (1973) | #2,684 |
| 1980s | 144 | #2,338 (1981) | #3,312 |
| 1990s | 102 | #4,447 (1993) | #5,445 |
| 2000s | 121 | #4,573 (2000) | #6,377 |
| 2010s | 161 | #3,781 (2017) | #5,679 |
| 2020s | 115 | #4,701 (2024) | #4,978 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aloysius in 1916
boys
#394
199 births · 1 in 4,473 boys
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 4,473 of them was named Aloysius, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).