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

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Peak · girls
1882 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,372
since 1882

Luisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Luisa has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #678, 1882girls
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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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2025#902294—
2024#865313—
2023#949276—
2022#869319—
2021#987262—
2020#994256—
2019#984262—
2018#1,108222—
2017#1,104228—
2016#1,184211—
2015#1,134224—
2014#1,308181—
2013#1,171205—
2012#1,307180—
2011#1,096224—
2010#1,160209—
2009#1,194210—
2008#1,263198—
2007#1,125230—
2006#996260—
2005#1,054226—
2004#1,008234—
2003#1,029223—
2002#946236—
2001#1,014211—
2000#970218—
1999#865249—
1998#1,018195—
1997#1,110169—
1996#995189—
1995#991189—
1994#1,034178—
1993#1,023180—
1992#1,004188—
1991#1,016181—
1990#968193#5,8238
1989#968180—
1988#1,007162#5,2008
1987#986159—
1986#1,150124—
1985#1,143125—
1984#880171—
1983#1,019138#6,2385
1982#972152—
1981#1,034139—
1980#1,136120—
1979#974147—
1978#1,087120—
1977#1,157108—
1976#1,009124—
1975#1,035116—
1974#1,31581—
1973#1,047111#4,5056
1972#1,12798—
1971#1,148101#4,3756
1970#997125—
1969#1,10999—
1968#1,042100—
1967#1,04697—
1966#999105—
1965#996109—
1964#1,13594—
1963#1,18884—
1962#1,10497—
1961#1,083102—
1960#1,16587—
1959#1,08796—
1958#1,14386—
1957#1,22873—
1956#1,23771—
1955#1,16773—
1954#1,24164—
1953#1,26159—
1952#1,19563—
1951#1,15166—
1950#1,15364—
1949#1,14463—
1948#1,37045—
1947#1,37745—
1946#1,36041—
1945#1,41832—
1944#1,27239—
1943#1,55629—
1942#1,49730—
1941#1,18440—
1940#1,27234—
1939#1,35030—
1938#1,34330—
1937#1,30331—
1936#1,16537—
1935#1,44926—
1934#1,23633—
1933#1,15837—
1932#1,11641—
1931#1,07443—
1930#98356—
1929#1,10744—
1928#88169—
1927#86373—
1926#94263—
1925#1,00855—
1924#82282—
1923#96659—
1922#96959—
1921#86872—
1920#98955—
1919#1,07546—
1918#93758—
1917#1,07943—
1916#1,11440—
1915#1,23132—
1914#1,03433—
1913#1,00329—
1912#97827—
1911#74134—
1910#87724—
1909#1,21912—
1908#82922—
1907#1,09213—
1906#91716—
1905#87218—
1904#91016—
1903#1,07611—
1902#87216—
1901#91813—
1900#1,10612—
1899#93512—
1898#92014—
1897#93112—
1896#99911—
1895#1,2028—
1894#90512—
1893#1,0239—
1892#86112—
1891#1,3325—
1890#87210—
1889#1,1476—
1888#1,1366—
1887#7889—
1886#9936—
1885#9216—
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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 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #391 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,341 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedHITexas: #299 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,545 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#299 · 1 in 1,545
  2. California#391 · 1 in 3,341

Best ever in a state: #94 in New Mexico, 1916.

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Texas#299391 in 1,545
California#391111 in 3,341
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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 Luisa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#865 → #902)
  • 92 spots since 2020 (#994 → #902)
  • 232 spots since 2015 (#1,134 → #902)
  • Biggest jump: 471 spots in 1892 (#1,332 → #861)
  • Biggest drop: 460 spots in 1891 (#872 → #1,332)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46#678 (1882)#940
1890s105#861 (1892)#998
1900s149#829 (1908)#981
1910s366#741 (1911)#1,007
1920s631#822 (1924)#942
1930s364#983 (1930)#1,218
1940s398#1,144 (1949)#1,345
1950s715#1,087 (1959)#1,186
1960s974#996 (1965)#1,087
1970s1,131#974 (1979)#1,090
1980s1,470#880 (1984)#1,030
1990s1,911#865 (1999)#1,002
2000s2,246#946 (2002)#1,060
2010s2,146#984 (2019)#1,156
2020s1,720#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.

Luisa in 1928

girls
#881
69 births · 1 in 16,715 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #881Luisa69
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 16,715 of them was named Luisa, which outranked 83.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luisa
  1. #870Nanette70
  2. #870Nedra70
  3. #870Ocie70
  4. #881Luisa69
  5. #881Ardell69
  6. #881Dana69
  7. #881Esta69
  8. #888Ardelle68
  9. #888Cherry68
  10. #888David68

Tied with 6 names at #881; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →