Louisa

#694 for girls in 2025, 407 births · Last seen for boys in 1922 at #4,307
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 142 births
Debut · girls
126 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,932
since 1880

Louisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Louisa has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #119, 1881girls
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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#694407
2024#732385
2023#808346
2022#822340
2021#685424
2020#725383
2019#688422
2018#731386
2017#752373
2016#827347
2015#906303
2014#954281
2013#1,017245
2012#1,119222
2011#1,217197
2010#1,402163
2009#1,602140
2008#1,774124
2007#1,726126
2006#1,743119
2005#1,704116
2004#1,630119
2003#1,85899
2002#1,573118
2001#1,726104
2000#1,90089
1999#1,580106
1998#1,392123
1997#1,466112
1996#1,318129
1995#1,57696
1994#1,60894
1993#1,67989
1992#1,370121
1991#1,478107
1990#1,456107
1989#1,414105
1988#1,73873
1987#1,37199
1986#1,43989
1985#1,33399
1984#1,126122
1983#1,150115
1982#1,093129
1981#1,102126
1980#1,169115
1979#1,29497
1978#1,24899
1977#1,214100
1976#1,23791
1975#1,17598
1974#1,26086
1973#1,109101
1972#1,16992
1971#1,036118
1970#1,012123
1969#961124
1968#934122
1967#973110
1966#866134
1965#825145
1964#872141
1963#865146
1962#879143
1961#848155
1960#842151
1959#854143
1958#818152
1957#924123
1956#830142
1955#797146
1954#768148
1953#713164
1952#729148
1951#746138
1950#728138
1949#668155
1948#757127
1947#667159
1946#707130
1945#701112
1944#668123
1943#710117
1942#739104
1941#639123
1940#602134
1939#672102
1938#640115
1937#640112
1936#590125
1935#646102
1934#597120
1933#569126
1932#549142
1931#607119
1930#530164
1929#540159
1928#564156
1927#575153
1926#547164
1925#496200
1924#516192
1923#514185
1922#555165#4,3075
1921#496199
1920#499192
1919#464205
1918#489193
1917#447207
1916#416225
1915#448187
1914#401173
1913#381159
1912#50390
1911#40996
1910#43484
1909#37796
1908#358101
1907#338106
1906#38878
1905#37483
1904#320103
1903#31796
1902#33887
1901#30299
1900#270144
1899#294101
1898#291111
1897#271109
1896#235138
1895#263112
1894#225139
1893#230129
1892#218140
1891#211125
1890#179168
1889#174170
1888#183152
1887#170138
1886#168136
1885#156138
1884#144147
1883#135143
1882#140128
1881#119142
1880#130126
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Louisa was already there! It came in at #130, and was given to 126 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1985–1991, when fewer than 110 girls a year got the name.

See more about Louisa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#732#694)
  • 31 spots since 2020 (#725#694)
  • 212 spots since 2015 (#906#694)
  • Biggest jump: 122 spots in 1913 (#503#381)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2022 (#685#822)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #119 (142 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 102 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 648
  • Highest: 1 in 648 girls born in 1881 were named Louisa (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,949 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 13.4% of all girls named Louisa (2,939) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,420#119 (1881)#152
1890s1,272#179 (1890)#242
1900s993#270 (1900)#338
1910s1,619#381 (1913)#439
1920s1,765#496 (1925)#530
1930s1,227#530 (1930)#604
1940s1,284#602 (1940)#686
1950s1,442#713 (1953)#791
1960s1,371#825 (1965)#887
1970s1,005#1,012 (1970)#1,175
1980s1,072#1,093 (1982)#1,294
1990s1,084#1,318 (1996)#1,492
2000s1,154#1,573 (2002)#1,724
2010s2,939#688 (2019)#961
2020s2,285#685 (2021)#744

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.

Louisa in 1922

girls
#555
165 births · 1 in 7,279 girls
boys
#4,307
5 births · 1 in 217,631 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #555Louisa165

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #4,307Louisa5
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 7,279 of them was named Louisa, which outranked 90.4% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louisa
  1. #552Alpha166
  2. #552Reta166
  3. #552Veda166
  4. #555Louisa165
  5. #556Alicia164
  6. #556Gilda164
  7. #556Idella164
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 217,631 of them was named Louisa, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louisa
  1. #3,872Yoshiro6
  2. #3,872Zelmer6
  3. #3,872Zygmont6
  4. #4,307Louisa5
  5. #4,307Achilles5
  6. #4,307Addis5
  7. #4,307Adelaido5

Tied with 660 names at #4,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922