Louann

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births

Peak · girls
1953 · 273 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,197
since 1921

Louann over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Louann has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #518, 1953girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024#13,4776
2023#15,1945
2022#12,2437
2021#15,2515
2020#15,0885
2019
2018#12,4647
2017#9,34111
2016#12,8767
2015#16,4195
2014#10,12910
2013
2012
2011#16,7645
2010#10,45110
2009#12,4298
2008#13,8327
2007#13,9247
2006#9,90111
2005#10,12810
2004#11,6248
2003#13,8446
2002#9,48210
2001#8,75811
2000#13,1546
1999#12,6886
1998#12,4266
1997#13,7245
1996#11,8076
1995#6,25714
1994#8,12210
1993#8,05210
1992#9,4918
1991#9,3368
1990#5,83515
1989#12,3625
1988#6,27712
1987#6,78810
1986#4,96415
1985#3,51724
1984#6,8109
1983#3,24225
1982#2,95930
1981#3,43624
1980#4,14818
1979#2,62134
1978#3,38822
1977#2,42336
1976#2,48632
1975#1,87748
1974#1,99942
1973#2,09438
1972#1,48864
1971#1,64056
1970#1,49067
1969#1,33872
1968#1,25876
1967#1,26972
1966#1,21378
1965#982111
1964#950122
1963#838155
1962#789173
1961#721207
1960#703210
1959#719194
1958#670217
1957#694207
1956#761164
1955#662200
1954#576244
1953#518273
1952#1,02284
1951#1,03880
1950#1,05376
1949#1,18958
1948#1,12463
1947#1,16160
1946#1,07862
1945#92567
1944#97164
1943#87080
1942#81488
1941#85872
1940#84172
1939#93956
1938#84071
1937#92056
1936#81069
1935#92556
1934#95552
1933#1,00847
1932#1,13040
1931#1,33630
1930#1,32033
1929#2,09816
1928#1,68024
1927#1,88521
1926#2,56913
1925#4,0287
1924#2,13718
1923#4,3766
1922
1921#5,0995
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five girls were named Louann! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1921–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Louann is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedNHWashington: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,604 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #235 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,390 girlsNDMinnesota: #275 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,426 girlsMNIllinois: #569 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,398 girlsILWisconsin: #286 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,778 girlsWIMichigan: #424 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,972 girlsMINew York: #621 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,611 girlsNYMassachusetts: #442 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,566 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #238 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,533 girlsSDIowa: #339 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,555 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedINOhio: #842 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,400 girlsOHPennsylvania: #395 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,903 girlsPANew Jersey: #390 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,875 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedUTColorado: #408 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,577 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedHITexas: #1,098 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,651 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Louann, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#235 · 1 in 1,390
  2. South Dakota#238 · 1 in 1,533
  3. Minnesota#275 · 1 in 2,426
  4. Wisconsin#286 · 1 in 2,778
  5. Iowa#339 · 1 in 3,555

Best ever in a state: #193 in Minnesota, 1953.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#23551 in 1,390
South Dakota#23851 in 1,533
Minnesota#275151 in 2,426
Wisconsin#286151 in 2,778
Iowa#33981 in 3,555
New Jersey#390111 in 4,875
Pennsylvania#395231 in 4,903
Colorado#40851 in 3,577
Michigan#424181 in 4,972
Massachusetts#44261 in 8,566
Washington#50551 in 5,604
Illinois#569121 in 8,398
New York#621171 in 9,611
Ohio#84251 in 20,400
Texas#1,09861 in 18,651
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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 Louann
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 4,020 spots since 2024 (#13,477#9,457)
  • 5,631 spots since 2020 (#15,088#9,457)
  • 6,962 spots since 2015 (#16,419#9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 504 spots in 1953 (#1,022#518)
  • Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1966 (#982#1,213)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1953 at #518 (273 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1953–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,891
  • Highest: 1 in 6,891 girls born in 1953 were named Louann (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 33.5% of all girls named Louann (1,739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s110#1,680 (1928)#2,984
1930s510#810 (1936)#1,018
1940s686#814 (1942)#983
1950s1,739#518 (1953)#771
1960s1,276#703 (1960)#1,006
1970s439#1,488 (1972)#2,151
1980s172#2,959 (1982)#5,450
1990s88#5,835 (1990)#9,774
2000s84#8,758 (2001)#11,708
2010s55#9,341 (2017)#12,635
2020s38#9,457 (2025)#13,452

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.

Louann in 1955

girls
#662
200 births · 1 in 9,776 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #662Louann200
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 9,776 of them was named Louann, which outranked 90.2% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louann
  1. #658Rebekah202
  2. #660Christi201
  3. #660Tommie201
  4. #662Louann200
  5. #663Janell199
  6. #663Sheilah199
  7. #665Megan198
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955