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

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Peak · girls
1914 · 6,648 births
Debut · girls
635 births
In top 100 · girls
69 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
336,466
since 1880

Louise over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #17, 1914girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#514579—
2024#540562—
2023#583514—
2022#638462#8,9908
2021#648460#12,1465
2020#679417—
2019#675428—
2018#801340—
2017#806339—
2016#894313—
2015#1,079243—
2014#1,215201—
2013#1,220197—
2012#1,477153—
2011#1,679125—
2010#1,495150—
2009#2,016102—
2008#1,949108—
2007#1,929107—
2006#2,14990—
2005#2,03092—
2004#1,97294—
2003#1,702112—
2002#1,671110—
2001#1,671108#6,9359
2000#1,577112—
1999#1,476117—
1998#1,64698#7,5607
1997#1,475111—
1996#1,62594—
1995#1,432113—
1994#1,433111—
1993#1,264135—
1992#1,188147#6,6707
1991#997187—
1990#999182—
1989#1,080156#4,01713
1988#1,018160#7,2705
1987#954169#3,73112
1986#973162#5,3327
1985#838194#3,80511
1984#771209#3,10714
1983#790200#3,41112
1982#686255#3,69211
1981#733226#5,4686
1980#716234#4,4958
1979#765210#4,0689
1978#772200#5,7725
1977#740207—
1976#714205#4,0128
1975#666229#3,07812
1974#663229#2,94612
1973#534313—
1972#508340#3,3449
1971#459444#4,3756
1970#416541—
1969#382602#2,68211
1968#358620#2,10915
1967#349659#2,7609
1966#287875#2,21613
1965#283945#2,36612
1964#2651,145#2,20514
1963#2391,322#2,53911
1962#2281,399#2,36412
1961#2171,541#3,0978
1960#1991,786#3,3377
1959#1831,966#2,29513
1958#1822,008#3,2757
1957#1662,308#2,27413
1956#1652,238#2,16814
1955#1482,431#2,04815
1954#1382,692#1,82618
1953#1252,964#1,95816
1952#1222,979#1,43028
1951#1173,012#1,59822
1950#1093,254#2,01914
1949#1043,424#1,70219
1948#993,685#1,40027
1947#994,050#2,16913
1946#913,925#1,60120
1945#783,514#1,40622
1944#693,842#1,98813
1943#704,044#1,69918
1942#614,343#1,24431
1941#623,910#1,15233
1940#593,928#1,10735
1939#593,956#1,32325
1938#594,069#1,14932
1937#484,382#1,01639
1936#464,355#88248
1935#454,563#95644
1934#404,973#88850
1933#395,079#1,05138
1932#365,643#88852
1931#335,897#98345
1930#316,942#94451
1929#316,903#85959
1928#317,053#87258
1927#277,704#89857
1926#277,979#94452
1925#278,275#1,09141
1924#248,854#91658
1923#228,882#1,07644
1922#228,886#1,07243
1921#229,180#1,10141
1920#199,179#1,00447
1919#208,812#1,03443
1918#189,111#1,19234
1917#198,584#91948
1916#188,630#1,13833
1915#188,313#1,03738
1914#176,648#1,10127
1913#175,577#96926
1912#175,116#75533
1911#193,725#75918
1910#203,457#52429
1909#193,019#95110
1908#182,937#71214
1907#212,619#9309
1906#242,307#70912
1905#232,367#63614
1904#282,136#76010
1903#311,935#73410
1902#361,832#7949
1901#361,640#1,0585
1900#352,070#64915
1899#401,536#61311
1898#421,693#8048
1897#411,563#1,0575
1896#421,531#59213
1895#371,582#68510
1894#371,571#66810
1893#371,447#57212
1892#381,446#8617
1891#371,333—
1890#311,472#6679
1889#381,283#8786
1888#331,334#7049
1887#351,088#51612
1886#361,061—
1885#39956—
1884#35962#9715
1883#38847#7207
1882#34813#7547
1881#42617#8665
1880#36635—
First appearance
1880

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 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Louise
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1914 at #17 (6,648 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 36 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 69 yrs · run 1880–1948
  • Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 109
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Louise (82,895) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s9,596#33 (1888)#37
1890s15,174#31 (1890)#38
1900s22,862#18 (1908)#27
1910s67,973#17 (1914)#18
1920s82,895#19 (1920)#25
1930s49,859#31 (1930)#44
1940s38,665#59 (1940)#79
1950s25,852#109 (1950)#146
1960s10,894#199 (1960)#281
1970s2,918#416 (1970)#624
1980s1,965#686 (1982)#856
1990s1,295#997 (1991)#1,354
2000s1,035#1,577 (2000)#1,867
2010s2,489#675 (2019)#1,134
2020s2,994#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 1900

girls
#35
2,070 births · 1 in 145 girls
boys
#649
15 births · 1 in 10,032 boys

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #35Louise2,070

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #649Louise15
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 145 of them was named Louise, which outranked 98.4% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louise
  1. #32Myrtle2,252
  2. #33Eva2,089
  3. #34Catherine2,081
  4. #35Louise2,070
  5. #36Edith2,068
  6. #37Sarah2,054
  7. #38Elsie2,045
Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 10,032 of them was named Louise, which outranked 56.9% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louise
  1. #623Teddy16
  2. #623Tomas16
  3. #623Unknown16
  4. #649Louise15
  5. #649Abel15
  6. #649Alec15
  7. #649Bradley15
  8. #680Angus14
  9. #680Antoine14
  10. #680Archibald14

Tied with 30 names at #649; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 561Bertha#1,051 → #490
  2. ↑ 526Wilber#928 → #402
  3. ↑ 517Lonie#1,051 → #534
  4. ↑ 517Pasquale#1,051 → #534
  5. ↑ 473Boyce#1,051 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 829Dora#481 → #1,310
  2. ↓ 697Sarah#613 → #1,310
  3. ↓ 697Fannie#613 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 681Lem#481 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 656Merritt#394 → #1,050

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900 →