How Many People Are Named Loki?
people named Loki are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 164,004 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,101 babies named Loki in Social Security records from 1996 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
168 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Indo-European root *leug meaning "to break". In Norse legend Loki was a trickster god associated with magic and fire. Over time he became more and more evil, and he was eventually chained to a rock by the other gods.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Loki, 4.5% were girls and 95.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 4.1% of the babies were girls then and 5.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Loki alive today is about 9 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Loki first appears in the records in 1996 and was given most often in 2021, to 168 babies. In 2025, 91 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1996 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Loki has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,235, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #1,858.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,858 |
| Best rank | #1,235 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,631 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Loki alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Loki were born in California than in any other state: about 176 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Loki was given 3.7 times as often in Washington, 2.2 times in Ohio and 1.6 times in California.
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