Given name
Loki
Loki is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in English and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
The story
In mythological stories, Loki is associated with a trickster god.
Loki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,101
- 2,006 boys · 95 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 168 babies
- 2025
- 91
- #1,858 for boys · #14,225 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 85 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,858 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Missouri and Washington shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,343 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Loki’s family of names
Loki has a related form in Lokea. Loki has a related form in Lokeah. Loki has a related form in Lokee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Loki
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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