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
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 142 births
- Debut · girls
- 126 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,932since 1880
Louisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Louisa has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #694 | 407 | — | |
| 2024 | #732 | 385 | — | |
| 2023 | #808 | 346 | — | |
| 2022 | #822 | 340 | — | |
| 2021 | #685 | 424 | — | |
| 2020 | #725 | 383 | — | |
| 2019 | #688 | 422 | — | |
| 2018 | #731 | 386 | — | |
| 2017 | #752 | 373 | — | |
| 2016 | #827 | 347 | — | |
| 2015 | #906 | 303 | — | |
| 2014 | #954 | 281 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,017 | 245 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,119 | 222 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,217 | 197 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,402 | 163 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,602 | 140 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,774 | 124 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,726 | 126 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,743 | 119 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,704 | 116 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,630 | 119 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,858 | 99 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,573 | 118 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,726 | 104 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,900 | 89 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,580 | 106 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,392 | 123 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,466 | 112 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,318 | 129 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,576 | 96 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,608 | 94 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,679 | 89 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,370 | 121 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,478 | 107 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,456 | 107 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,414 | 105 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,738 | 73 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,371 | 99 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,439 | 89 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,333 | 99 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,126 | 122 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,150 | 115 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,093 | 129 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,102 | 126 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,169 | 115 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,294 | 97 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,248 | 99 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,214 | 100 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,237 | 91 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,175 | 98 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,260 | 86 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,109 | 101 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,169 | 92 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,036 | 118 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,012 | 123 | — | |
| 1969 | #961 | 124 | — | |
| 1968 | #934 | 122 | — | |
| 1967 | #973 | 110 | — | |
| 1966 | #866 | 134 | — | |
| 1965 | #825 | 145 | — | |
| 1964 | #872 | 141 | — | |
| 1963 | #865 | 146 | — | |
| 1962 | #879 | 143 | — | |
| 1961 | #848 | 155 | — | |
| 1960 | #842 | 151 | — | |
| 1959 | #854 | 143 | — | |
| 1958 | #818 | 152 | — | |
| 1957 | #924 | 123 | — | |
| 1956 | #830 | 142 | — | |
| 1955 | #797 | 146 | — | |
| 1954 | #768 | 148 | — | |
| 1953 | #713 | 164 | — | |
| 1952 | #729 | 148 | — | |
| 1951 | #746 | 138 | — | |
| 1950 | #728 | 138 | — | |
| 1949 | #668 | 155 | — | |
| 1948 | #757 | 127 | — | |
| 1947 | #667 | 159 | — | |
| 1946 | #707 | 130 | — | |
| 1945 | #701 | 112 | — | |
| 1944 | #668 | 123 | — | |
| 1943 | #710 | 117 | — | |
| 1942 | #739 | 104 | — | |
| 1941 | #639 | 123 | — | |
| 1940 | #602 | 134 | — | |
| 1939 | #672 | 102 | — | |
| 1938 | #640 | 115 | — | |
| 1937 | #640 | 112 | — | |
| 1936 | #590 | 125 | — | |
| 1935 | #646 | 102 | — | |
| 1934 | #597 | 120 | — | |
| 1933 | #569 | 126 | — | |
| 1932 | #549 | 142 | — | |
| 1931 | #607 | 119 | — | |
| 1930 | #530 | 164 | — | |
| 1929 | #540 | 159 | — | |
| 1928 | #564 | 156 | — | |
| 1927 | #575 | 153 | — | |
| 1926 | #547 | 164 | — | |
| 1925 | #496 | 200 | — | |
| 1924 | #516 | 192 | — | |
| 1923 | #514 | 185 | — | |
| 1922 | #555 | 165 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #496 | 199 | — | |
| 1920 | #499 | 192 | — | |
| 1919 | #464 | 205 | — | |
| 1918 | #489 | 193 | — | |
| 1917 | #447 | 207 | — | |
| 1916 | #416 | 225 | — | |
| 1915 | #448 | 187 | — | |
| 1914 | #401 | 173 | — | |
| 1913 | #381 | 159 | — | |
| 1912 | #503 | 90 | — | |
| 1911 | #409 | 96 | — | |
| 1910 | #434 | 84 | — | |
| 1909 | #377 | 96 | — | |
| 1908 | #358 | 101 | — | |
| 1907 | #338 | 106 | — | |
| 1906 | #388 | 78 | — | |
| 1905 | #374 | 83 | — | |
| 1904 | #320 | 103 | — | |
| 1903 | #317 | 96 | — | |
| 1902 | #338 | 87 | — | |
| 1901 | #302 | 99 | — | |
| 1900 | #270 | 144 | — | |
| 1899 | #294 | 101 | — | |
| 1898 | #291 | 111 | — | |
| 1897 | #271 | 109 | — | |
| 1896 | #235 | 138 | — | |
| 1895 | #263 | 112 | — | |
| 1894 | #225 | 139 | — | |
| 1893 | #230 | 129 | — | |
| 1892 | #218 | 140 | — | |
| 1891 | #211 | 125 | — | |
| 1890 | #179 | 168 | — | |
| 1889 | #174 | 170 | — | |
| 1888 | #183 | 152 | — | |
| 1887 | #170 | 138 | — | |
| 1886 | #168 | 136 | — | |
| 1885 | #156 | 138 | — | |
| 1884 | #144 | 147 | — | |
| 1883 | #135 | 143 | — | |
| 1882 | #140 | 128 | — | |
| 1881 | #119 | 142 | — | |
| 1880 | #130 | 126 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #119 (142 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 648 girls born in 1881 were named Louisa (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,949 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 13.4% of all girls named Louisa (2,939) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,420 | #119 (1881) | #152 |
| 1890s | 1,272 | #179 (1890) | #242 |
| 1900s | 993 | #270 (1900) | #338 |
| 1910s | 1,619 | #381 (1913) | #439 |
| 1920s | 1,765 | #496 (1925) | #530 |
| 1930s | 1,227 | #530 (1930) | #604 |
| 1940s | 1,284 | #602 (1940) | #686 |
| 1950s | 1,442 | #713 (1953) | #791 |
| 1960s | 1,371 | #825 (1965) | #887 |
| 1970s | 1,005 | #1,012 (1970) | #1,175 |
| 1980s | 1,072 | #1,093 (1982) | #1,294 |
| 1990s | 1,084 | #1,318 (1996) | #1,492 |
| 2000s | 1,154 | #1,573 (2002) | #1,724 |
| 2010s | 2,939 | #688 (2019) | #961 |
| 2020s | 2,285 | #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
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
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).
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).
Tied with 660 names at #4,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.