Aloysius
2025 SSA
About Aloysius
This name is a classic example of an underused golden oldie that ticks so many boxes - unusual yet traditional, heaps of cute nicknames, a statement name that exudes retro cool. Aloysius is the Latin form of many more common names like Louis, Luis, Luigi and the uncommon but symphonically familiar Ludwig.
Aloysius is familiar to Catholic name seekers as the name of the saint who died treating those afflicted by a pandemic, and is therefore a symbol of selfless caring - a worthy namesake in these somewhat egocentric times.
Aloysius was historically common in Ireland, and is occasionally passed down in Irish families today. The feminine form is Aloysia.
Pronounced al-uh-WISH-us.
As of October 2026, Aloysius ranked #4864 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #312 in 1893, Nameberry popularity #433.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #3,782 | 28 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,785 | 20 | 11.4 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,699 | 21 | 12.2 |
| 2025 | #4,864 | 20 | 11.7 |
World rankings
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Aloysius on lists
Famous Aloysiuss
- Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Italian Jesuit nobleman
- Aloysius Viktor Stepinac
Croatian cardinal and martyr
- Louis Jacques Napoléon "Aloysius" Bertrand
French Romantic poet
- Aloysius Lilius
Italian pioneer of the Gregorian Calendar
- Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal
Dutch football manager
- James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
Irish novelist
- Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock
birth name of American actor Nick Adams
- Joseph Aloysius "Allan" Dwan
Canadian,American film director
- John Aloysius Fahey
American guitarist
Aloysius in pop culture
- Aloysius O'Hare
main antagonist of the movie "The Lorax"
- Aloysius Xingu L. Pendergast
main character in the Pendergast series by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Aloysius "Nosey" Parker
puppet character in the Thunderbirds
- Theodore Aloysius "Theo" Huxtable
son on TV's "The Aloysius T. McKeever, character Show"
- Aloysius "Alo" Creevey
character on British TV's "Skins"
- Franklin Aloysius Mumford
character on TV's "My Wife and Kids"
- Aloysius Minch
character in the Mother video game series
- Brother Aloysius
an alias of bad hat and murderer Henry Meats in "Sinister Street" (1913) by Compton Mackenzie
- Aloysius
Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" (1945)
- Aloysius Knight
character in the novel "Scarecrow" by Matthew Reilly
- Aloysius Snuffleupagus
Character on "Sesame Street"'
- Aloysius
character from the comic series RandoWeis
- Aloysius T. McKeever
character in the Christmas film “It Happened on 5th Avenue”
- Aloysius Starkweather
character in the Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
- Dr Aloysius Herbert Samberly
character in Marvels Agent Carter TV show
Variations & nicknames
- AloisGerman