Loki
Loki was the 1858th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 85 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1235th with 156 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 400 places. More babies were named Loki in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,858 boys, down 527 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 85boys
- Girls and boys
- 6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021156 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,101babies recorded
Loki popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #14,225 | #1,858 | 6 | 85 |
| 2020 | #16,543 | #1,331 | 5 | 135 |
| 2010 | — | #2,306 | — | 56 |
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How popular is Loki, counting every spelling?
Loki has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Loki?
85 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Loki (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Loki born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 99 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Loki.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Loki?
About 2,000 people born in the US named Loki are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 14. That makes Loki a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Loki by state
How common Loki was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.4×), Missouri (2.1×), Washington (1.8×). In 31 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Loki
How popular is the name Loki?
Loki was the 1858th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 85 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 1235th with 156 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 400 places. More babies were named Loki in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Loki a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Loki in the US.
Where is Loki most popular?
In 2021–2025, Loki was most common in Ohio (0.16 per 1,000 boys), followed by Missouri and Washington.