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 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#341 · 1 in 1,533
- Utah#360 · 1 in 2,304
- Maryland#416 · 1 in 2,908
- Pennsylvania#463 · 1 in 4,025
- North Carolina#480 · 1 in 3,999
Best ever in a state: #3 in South Carolina, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #341 | 5 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Utah | #360 | 6 | 1 in 2,304 |
| Maryland | #416 | 6 | 1 in 2,908 |
| Pennsylvania | #463 | 16 | 1 in 4,025 |
| North Carolina | #480 | 8 | 1 in 3,999 |
| South Carolina | #482 | 5 | 1 in 3,380 |
| New Jersey | #506 | 9 | 1 in 3,913 |
| Wisconsin | #507 | 5 | 1 in 5,487 |
| New York | #545 | 25 | 1 in 4,012 |
| Florida | #653 | 8 | 1 in 5,121 |
| Louisiana | #714 | 5 | 1 in 5,203 |
| Illinois | #746 | 10 | 1 in 6,992 |
| California | #821 | 20 | 1 in 7,193 |
| Michigan | #916 | 5 | 1 in 10,881 |
| Ohio | #979 | 5 | 1 in 13,472 |
| Texas | #1,236 | 7 | 1 in 13,814 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 7,147 of them was named Louise, which outranked 93.5% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #709Jeanna206
- #709Niki206
- #709Rocio206
- #714Louise205
- #714Jamila205
- #714Juana205
- #714Khalilah205
- #719January204
- #719Mollie204
- #721Joey203
Tied with 4 names at #714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 196,126 of them was named Louise, which outranked 38.2% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).