Aloysius
Aloysius is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Aloysius
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aloysius is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Aloysius
Aloysius first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1916: 199 births, good for #394 nationwide. About 26% of every Aloysius on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aloysius ranks #4,848 for baby boys with 20 births, holding steady (-4%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Aloysius
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About the name Aloysius
Aloysius is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Aloysius's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #312. Use the chart and map above to compare Aloysius's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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