Aloysius
Aloysius is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. Its best rank was 312th, in 1893.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1916199 births
- Best rank
- #312in 1893
- Since 1880
- 5,704people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,704 boys have been named Aloysius in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 199 births.
The name has all but left use: 21 births in 2024, against 199 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1924, and the 1920s alone account for 26%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Aloysius | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 119 | |
| 1890s | 252 | |
| 1900s | 261 | |
| 1910s | 1,372 | |
| 1920s | 1,477 | |
| 1930s | 632 | |
| 1940s | 340 | |
| 1950s | 254 | |
| 1960s | 217 | |
| 1970s | 157 | |
| 1980s | 144 | |
| 1990s | 102 | |
| 2000s | 121 | |
| 2010s | 161 | |
| 2020s | 95 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Aloysius was the 394th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1916 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Aloysius
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Oralpeak 1917
- Ludwigpeak 1916
- Waldopeak 1915
- Ellsworthpeak 1918
- Rupertpeak 1920
- Elmerpeak 1918
- Worthpeak 1918
- Elmorepeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.