How Many People Are Named Aloysius?

1,355

people named Aloysius are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 252,239 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,724 babies named Aloysius in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#8,710

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,218

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Peak Year

1916

199 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: al-ə-WISH-əs
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Latinized form of Aloys, an old Occitan form of LOUIS. This was the name of a 16th-century Italian saint, Aloysius Gonzaga. The name has been in occasional use among Catholics since his time.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Aloysius in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Aloysius alive today is about 47 years old, and 39% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 21 and 70 in 2025.

Under 30 431
31.8%
30 to 59 391
28.9%
60 and over 532
39.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Aloysius first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 199 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Aloysius has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #312, in 1893. In 2025 it ranked #4,863.

Boys
Rank in 2025#4,863
Best rank#312 (1893)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#505 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Aloysius alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Aloysius were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 59 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aloysius was given 3.9 times as often in Wisconsin, 3.2 times in Pennsylvania and 3 times in Michigan.

Pennsylvania 59
California 9
Michigan 9
Illinois 8
Ohio 6
New York 6
Wisconsin 3
South Dakota 2
Missouri 1
Indiana 1
Iowa 1
Hawaii 1
Minnesota 1

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