Luisa
- #902 for girls in 2025, 294 births
- Last seen for boys in 1990 at #5,823
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,372since 1882
Luisa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Luisa has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #902 | 294 | — | |
| 2024 | #865 | 313 | — | |
| 2023 | #949 | 276 | — | |
| 2022 | #869 | 319 | — | |
| 2021 | #987 | 262 | — | |
| 2020 | #994 | 256 | — | |
| 2019 | #984 | 262 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,108 | 222 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,104 | 228 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,184 | 211 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,134 | 224 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,308 | 181 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,171 | 205 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,307 | 180 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,096 | 224 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,160 | 209 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,194 | 210 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,263 | 198 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,125 | 230 | — | |
| 2006 | #996 | 260 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,054 | 226 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,008 | 234 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,029 | 223 | — | |
| 2002 | #946 | 236 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,014 | 211 | — | |
| 2000 | #970 | 218 | — | |
| 1999 | #865 | 249 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,018 | 195 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,110 | 169 | — | |
| 1996 | #995 | 189 | — | |
| 1995 | #991 | 189 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,034 | 178 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,023 | 180 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,004 | 188 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,016 | 181 | — | |
| 1990 | #968 | 193 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #968 | 180 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,007 | 162 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #986 | 159 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,150 | 124 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,143 | 125 | — | |
| 1984 | #880 | 171 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,019 | 138 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #972 | 152 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,034 | 139 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,136 | 120 | — | |
| 1979 | #974 | 147 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,087 | 120 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,157 | 108 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,009 | 124 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,035 | 116 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,315 | 81 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,047 | 111 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #1,127 | 98 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,148 | 101 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #997 | 125 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,109 | 99 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,042 | 100 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 | — | |
| 1966 | #999 | 105 | — | |
| 1965 | #996 | 109 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,135 | 94 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,188 | 84 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,104 | 97 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,083 | 102 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,165 | 87 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,087 | 96 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,143 | 86 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,228 | 73 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,237 | 71 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 73 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,241 | 64 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 59 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,195 | 63 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,153 | 64 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 63 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,116 | 41 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | — | |
| 1930 | #983 | 56 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,107 | 44 | — | |
| 1928 | #881 | 69 | — | |
| 1927 | #863 | 73 | — | |
| 1926 | #942 | 63 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,008 | 55 | — | |
| 1924 | #822 | 82 | — | |
| 1923 | #966 | 59 | — | |
| 1922 | #969 | 59 | — | |
| 1921 | #868 | 72 | — | |
| 1920 | #989 | 55 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 | — | |
| 1918 | #937 | 58 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,114 | 40 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 | — | |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 | — | |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 | — | |
| 1910 | #877 | 24 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five girls were named Luisa! It came in at #678, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Luisa is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- Massachusetts#444 · 1 in 2,003
- New York#567 · 1 in 2,701
- Arizona#578 · 1 in 2,565
- Utah#605 · 1 in 2,846
Best ever in a state: #94 in New Mexico, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Massachusetts | #444 | 12 | 1 in 2,003 |
| New York | #567 | 29 | 1 in 2,701 |
| Arizona | #578 | 11 | 1 in 2,565 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Texas | #615 | 51 | 1 in 3,148 |
| Oregon | #619 | 5 | 1 in 2,610 |
| California | #700 | 44 | 1 in 3,676 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Tennessee | #748 | 9 | 1 in 3,564 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Florida | #796 | 20 | 1 in 4,338 |
| Illinois | #1,014 | 8 | 1 in 5,541 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 37 spots since 2024 (#865 → #902)
- 92 spots since 2020 (#994 → #902)
- Biggest jump: 471 spots in 1892
- Biggest drop: 460 spots in 1891
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #678 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,141
- Highest: 1 in 5,141 girls born in 2022 were named Luisa (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,467 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #678 in 1882, was only 1 in 13,481 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 15.6% of all girls named Luisa (2,246) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #678 (1882) | #940 |
| 1890s | 105 | #861 (1892) | #998 |
| 1900s | 149 | #829 (1908) | #981 |
| 1910s | 366 | #741 (1911) | #1,007 |
| 1920s | 631 | #822 (1924) | #942 |
| 1930s | 364 | #983 (1930) | #1,218 |
| 1940s | 398 | #1,144 (1949) | #1,345 |
| 1950s | 715 | #1,087 (1959) | #1,186 |
| 1960s | 974 | #996 (1965) | #1,087 |
| 1970s | 1,131 | #974 (1979) | #1,090 |
| 1980s | 1,470 | #880 (1984) | #1,030 |
| 1990s | 1,911 | #865 (1999) | #1,002 |
| 2000s | 2,246 | #946 (2002) | #1,060 |
| 2010s | 2,146 | #984 (2019) | #1,156 |
| 2020s | 1,720 | #865 (2024) | #928 |
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.
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