Louise
#514 for girls in 2025, 579 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #8,990
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 6,648 births
- Debut · girls
- 635 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 69 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 336,466since 1880
Louise over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #514 | 579 | — | |
| 2024 | #540 | 562 | — | |
| 2023 | #583 | 514 | — | |
| 2022 | #638 | 462 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #648 | 460 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #679 | 417 | — | |
| 2019 | #675 | 428 | — | |
| 2018 | #801 | 340 | — | |
| 2017 | #806 | 339 | — | |
| 2016 | #894 | 313 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,079 | 243 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,215 | 201 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,220 | 197 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,477 | 153 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,679 | 125 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,495 | 150 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,016 | 102 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,949 | 108 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,929 | 107 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,030 | 92 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,972 | 94 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,702 | 112 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,671 | 110 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,671 | 108 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #1,577 | 112 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,476 | 117 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,646 | 98 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #1,475 | 111 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,625 | 94 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,432 | 113 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,433 | 111 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,264 | 135 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,188 | 147 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #997 | 187 | — | |
| 1990 | #999 | 182 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,080 | 156 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #1,018 | 160 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #954 | 169 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #973 | 162 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #838 | 194 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #771 | 209 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #790 | 200 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #686 | 255 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #733 | 226 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #716 | 234 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #765 | 210 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #772 | 200 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #740 | 207 | — | |
| 1976 | #714 | 205 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #666 | 229 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #663 | 229 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #534 | 313 | — | |
| 1972 | #508 | 340 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #459 | 444 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #416 | 541 | — | |
| 1969 | #382 | 602 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #358 | 620 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #349 | 659 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #287 | 875 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #283 | 945 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #265 | 1,145 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #239 | 1,322 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #228 | 1,399 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #217 | 1,541 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #199 | 1,786 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #183 | 1,966 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #182 | 2,008 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #166 | 2,308 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #165 | 2,238 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #148 | 2,431 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #138 | 2,692 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #125 | 2,964 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #122 | 2,979 | #1,430 | 28 |
| 1951 | #117 | 3,012 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #109 | 3,254 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #104 | 3,424 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #99 | 3,685 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1947 | #99 | 4,050 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #91 | 3,925 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #78 | 3,514 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #69 | 3,842 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #70 | 4,044 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #61 | 4,343 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #62 | 3,910 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1940 | #59 | 3,928 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #59 | 3,956 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #59 | 4,069 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #48 | 4,382 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1936 | #46 | 4,355 | #882 | 48 |
| 1935 | #45 | 4,563 | #956 | 44 |
| 1934 | #40 | 4,973 | #888 | 50 |
| 1933 | #39 | 5,079 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1932 | #36 | 5,643 | #888 | 52 |
| 1931 | #33 | 5,897 | #983 | 45 |
| 1930 | #31 | 6,942 | #944 | 51 |
| 1929 | #31 | 6,903 | #859 | 59 |
| 1928 | #31 | 7,053 | #872 | 58 |
| 1927 | #27 | 7,704 | #898 | 57 |
| 1926 | #27 | 7,979 | #944 | 52 |
| 1925 | #27 | 8,275 | #1,091 | 41 |
| 1924 | #24 | 8,854 | #916 | 58 |
| 1923 | #22 | 8,882 | #1,076 | 44 |
| 1922 | #22 | 8,886 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1921 | #22 | 9,180 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #19 | 9,179 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1919 | #20 | 8,812 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #18 | 9,111 | #1,192 | 34 |
| 1917 | #19 | 8,584 | #919 | 48 |
| 1916 | #18 | 8,630 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | #18 | 8,313 | #1,037 | 38 |
| 1914 | #17 | 6,648 | #1,101 | 27 |
| 1913 | #17 | 5,577 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #17 | 5,116 | #755 | 33 |
| 1911 | #19 | 3,725 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #20 | 3,457 | #524 | 29 |
| 1909 | #19 | 3,019 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #18 | 2,937 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #21 | 2,619 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #24 | 2,307 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #23 | 2,367 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #28 | 2,136 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #31 | 1,935 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #36 | 1,832 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #36 | 1,640 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #35 | 2,070 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | #40 | 1,536 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #42 | 1,693 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #41 | 1,563 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #42 | 1,531 | #592 | 13 |
| 1895 | #37 | 1,582 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #37 | 1,571 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #37 | 1,447 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #38 | 1,446 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #37 | 1,333 | — | |
| 1890 | #31 | 1,472 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #38 | 1,283 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #33 | 1,334 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | #35 | 1,088 | #516 | 12 |
| 1886 | #36 | 1,061 | — | |
| 1885 | #39 | 956 | — | |
| 1884 | #35 | 962 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #38 | 847 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #34 | 813 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #42 | 617 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #36 | 635 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Louise was already there! It came in at #36, and was given to 635 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–2009, when fewer than 140 girls a year got the name.
Where Louise is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Louise
- 26 spots since 2024 (#540 → #514)
- 165 spots since 2020 (#679 → #514)
- 565 spots since 2015 (#1,079 → #514)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 2016 (#1,079 → #894)
- Biggest drop: 191 spots in 1992 (#997 → #1,188)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #17 (6,648 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 69 yrs · run 1880–1948
- Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1987
- Highest: 1 in 109 girls born in 1912 were named Louise (0.92%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,776 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #17 in 1914, was only 1 in 115 (0.87%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.6% of all girls named Louise (82,895) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9,596 | #33 (1888) | #37 |
| 1890s | 15,174 | #31 (1890) | #38 |
| 1900s | 22,862 | #18 (1908) | #27 |
| 1910s | 67,973 | #17 (1914) | #18 |
| 1920s | 82,895 | #19 (1920) | #25 |
| 1930s | 49,859 | #31 (1930) | #44 |
| 1940s | 38,665 | #59 (1940) | #79 |
| 1950s | 25,852 | #109 (1950) | #146 |
| 1960s | 10,894 | #199 (1960) | #281 |
| 1970s | 2,918 | #416 (1970) | #624 |
| 1980s | 1,965 | #686 (1982) | #856 |
| 1990s | 1,295 | #997 (1991) | #1,354 |
| 2000s | 1,035 | #1,577 (2000) | #1,867 |
| 2010s | 2,489 | #675 (2019) | #1,134 |
| 2020s | 2,994 | #514 (2025) | #600 |
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.
Louise in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
girls
234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 150 of them was named Louise, which outranked 97.7% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 22,551 of them was named Louise, which outranked 14.0% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 172 names at #1,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.