Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Loki

Gender

Male

Origin

Norse
God of destruction

Syllables

2

Pronunciation

l(o)-ki

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1230, 156 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1852, 85 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #8457, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #13208, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025856
202493–
20231098
20221369
202115612
20201355
201915011
20181236
2017925
201694–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #425, 98 births); most recent 2025 (rank #765, 44 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #4045, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
202544–
202451–
202384–
202286–
202198–
202080–
201995–
201888–
201772–
201690–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #2672, 9 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
20229
20218
20205
20193
20184
2017–
20164
20154
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #715, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #431, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #647, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20254
20245
20234
2022–
20215
20205
20197
2018–
20173
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #472, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
20207
2019–
2018–
20175
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence