Louella
#1,467 for girls in 2025, 146 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 34 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,958since 1880
Louella over time
Rank among girls' names. Louella has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,467 | 146 |
| 2024 | #1,466 | 149 |
| 2023 | #1,524 | 140 |
| 2022 | #1,731 | 120 |
| 2021 | #2,186 | 85 |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 |
| 2019 | #2,249 | 81 |
| 2018 | #2,048 | 95 |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 |
| 2016 | #3,100 | 53 |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 |
| 2013 | #3,367 | 47 |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 |
| 1966 | #1,621 | 48 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 |
| 1962 | #1,304 | 72 |
| 1961 | #1,319 | 71 |
| 1960 | #1,454 | 57 |
| 1959 | #1,225 | 76 |
| 1958 | #1,153 | 85 |
| 1957 | #1,055 | 97 |
| 1956 | #1,105 | 87 |
| 1955 | #995 | 101 |
| 1954 | #796 | 139 |
| 1953 | #871 | 116 |
| 1952 | #822 | 123 |
| 1951 | #696 | 159 |
| 1950 | #659 | 167 |
| 1949 | #604 | 185 |
| 1948 | #569 | 214 |
| 1947 | #596 | 205 |
| 1946 | #598 | 174 |
| 1945 | #535 | 185 |
| 1944 | #519 | 193 |
| 1943 | #550 | 188 |
| 1942 | #528 | 197 |
| 1941 | #454 | 232 |
| 1940 | #477 | 200 |
| 1939 | #444 | 232 |
| 1938 | #431 | 242 |
| 1937 | #443 | 220 |
| 1936 | #427 | 230 |
| 1935 | #440 | 215 |
| 1934 | #409 | 256 |
| 1933 | #432 | 222 |
| 1932 | #401 | 266 |
| 1931 | #435 | 220 |
| 1930 | #406 | 259 |
| 1929 | #425 | 244 |
| 1928 | #424 | 255 |
| 1927 | #424 | 264 |
| 1926 | #419 | 265 |
| 1925 | #447 | 239 |
| 1924 | #452 | 238 |
| 1923 | #429 | 247 |
| 1922 | #445 | 233 |
| 1921 | #421 | 257 |
| 1920 | #461 | 215 |
| 1919 | #418 | 241 |
| 1918 | #414 | 251 |
| 1917 | #420 | 229 |
| 1916 | #407 | 235 |
| 1915 | #418 | 208 |
| 1914 | #434 | 156 |
| 1913 | #399 | 149 |
| 1912 | #406 | 130 |
| 1911 | #385 | 110 |
| 1910 | #364 | 117 |
| 1909 | #357 | 103 |
| 1908 | #405 | 81 |
| 1907 | #366 | 93 |
| 1906 | #405 | 71 |
| 1905 | #362 | 87 |
| 1904 | #374 | 77 |
| 1903 | #371 | 74 |
| 1902 | #357 | 80 |
| 1901 | #397 | 55 |
| 1900 | #321 | 111 |
| 1899 | #368 | 62 |
| 1898 | #385 | 65 |
| 1897 | #337 | 76 |
| 1896 | #326 | 79 |
| 1895 | #397 | 50 |
| 1894 | #386 | 53 |
| 1893 | #360 | 56 |
| 1892 | #348 | 57 |
| 1891 | #291 | 75 |
| 1890 | #312 | 65 |
| 1889 | #351 | 49 |
| 1888 | #341 | 50 |
| 1887 | #274 | 59 |
| 1886 | #255 | 66 |
| 1885 | #290 | 48 |
| 1884 | #272 | 52 |
| 1883 | #265 | 47 |
| 1882 | #242 | 51 |
| 1881 | #235 | 44 |
| 1880 | #265 | 34 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Louella was already there! It came in at #265, and was given to 34 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2000–2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Louella is popular in 1902
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Louella
- 1 spot since 2024 (#1,466 → #1,467)
- 1,082 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #1,467)
- 2,183 spots since 2015 (#3,650 → #1,467)
- Biggest jump: 75 spots in 1954 (#871 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1955 (#796 → #995)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #235 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 86 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Highest: 1 in 2,090 girls born in 1881 were named Louella (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,009 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 17.6% of all girls named Louella (2,457) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 500 | #235 (1881) | #279 |
| 1890s | 638 | #291 (1891) | #351 |
| 1900s | 832 | #321 (1900) | #372 |
| 1910s | 1,826 | #364 (1910) | #407 |
| 1920s | 2,457 | #419 (1926) | #435 |
| 1930s | 2,362 | #401 (1932) | #427 |
| 1940s | 1,973 | #454 (1941) | #543 |
| 1950s | 1,150 | #659 (1950) | #938 |
| 1960s | 508 | #1,304 (1962) | #1,723 |
| 1970s | 214 | #2,307 (1970) | #3,513 |
| 1980s | 123 | #4,517 (1980) | #5,941 |
| 1990s | 87 | #7,512 (1992) | #9,412 |
| 2000s | 93 | #5,709 (2009) | #10,720 |
| 2010s | 488 | #2,048 (2018) | #3,839 |
| 2020s | 707 | #1,466 (2024) | #1,821 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Louella in 1902
Top girls' names in 1902
More about 1902
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264,073 girls got a published name in 1902; 1 in 3,301 of them was named Louella, which outranked 82.5% of the 2,042 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).