Louise

#514 for girls in 2025, 579 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #8,990
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1914 · 6,648 births
Debut · girls
635 births
In top 100 · girls
69 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
336,466
since 1880

Louise over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #17, 1914girls
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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#514579
2024#540562
2023#583514
2022#638462#8,9908
2021#648460#12,1465
2020#679417
2019#675428
2018#801340
2017#806339
2016#894313
2015#1,079243
2014#1,215201
2013#1,220197
2012#1,477153
2011#1,679125
2010#1,495150
2009#2,016102
2008#1,949108
2007#1,929107
2006#2,14990
2005#2,03092
2004#1,97294
2003#1,702112
2002#1,671110
2001#1,671108#6,9359
2000#1,577112
1999#1,476117
1998#1,64698#7,5607
1997#1,475111
1996#1,62594
1995#1,432113
1994#1,433111
1993#1,264135
1992#1,188147#6,6707
1991#997187
1990#999182
1989#1,080156#4,01713
1988#1,018160#7,2705
1987#954169#3,73112
1986#973162#5,3327
1985#838194#3,80511
1984#771209#3,10714
1983#790200#3,41112
1982#686255#3,69211
1981#733226#5,4686
1980#716234#4,4958
1979#765210#4,0689
1978#772200#5,7725
1977#740207
1976#714205#4,0128
1975#666229#3,07812
1974#663229#2,94612
1973#534313
1972#508340#3,3449
1971#459444#4,3756
1970#416541
1969#382602#2,68211
1968#358620#2,10915
1967#349659#2,7609
1966#287875#2,21613
1965#283945#2,36612
1964#2651,145#2,20514
1963#2391,322#2,53911
1962#2281,399#2,36412
1961#2171,541#3,0978
1960#1991,786#3,3377
1959#1831,966#2,29513
1958#1822,008#3,2757
1957#1662,308#2,27413
1956#1652,238#2,16814
1955#1482,431#2,04815
1954#1382,692#1,82618
1953#1252,964#1,95816
1952#1222,979#1,43028
1951#1173,012#1,59822
1950#1093,254#2,01914
1949#1043,424#1,70219
1948#993,685#1,40027
1947#994,050#2,16913
1946#913,925#1,60120
1945#783,514#1,40622
1944#693,842#1,98813
1943#704,044#1,69918
1942#614,343#1,24431
1941#623,910#1,15233
1940#593,928#1,10735
1939#593,956#1,32325
1938#594,069#1,14932
1937#484,382#1,01639
1936#464,355#88248
1935#454,563#95644
1934#404,973#88850
1933#395,079#1,05138
1932#365,643#88852
1931#335,897#98345
1930#316,942#94451
1929#316,903#85959
1928#317,053#87258
1927#277,704#89857
1926#277,979#94452
1925#278,275#1,09141
1924#248,854#91658
1923#228,882#1,07644
1922#228,886#1,07243
1921#229,180#1,10141
1920#199,179#1,00447
1919#208,812#1,03443
1918#189,111#1,19234
1917#198,584#91948
1916#188,630#1,13833
1915#188,313#1,03738
1914#176,648#1,10127
1913#175,577#96926
1912#175,116#75533
1911#193,725#75918
1910#203,457#52429
1909#193,019#95110
1908#182,937#71214
1907#212,619#9309
1906#242,307#70912
1905#232,367#63614
1904#282,136#76010
1903#311,935#73410
1902#361,832#7949
1901#361,640#1,0585
1900#352,070#64915
1899#401,536#61311
1898#421,693#8048
1897#411,563#1,0575
1896#421,531#59213
1895#371,582#68510
1894#371,571#66810
1893#371,447#57212
1892#381,446#8617
1891#371,333
1890#311,472#6679
1889#381,283#8786
1888#331,334#7049
1887#351,088#51612
1886#361,061
1885#39956
1884#35962#9715
1883#38847#7207
1882#34813#7547
1881#42617#8665
1880#36635
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Louise was already there! It came in at #36, and was given to 635 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–2009, when fewer than 140 girls a year got the name.

See more about Louise
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#540#514)
  • 165 spots since 2020 (#679#514)
  • 565 spots since 2015 (#1,079#514)
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 2016 (#1,079#894)
  • Biggest drop: 191 spots in 1992 (#997#1,188)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1914 at #17 (6,648 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 36 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 69 yrs · run 1880–1948
  • Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 109
  • Highest: 1 in 109 girls born in 1912 were named Louise (0.92%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,776 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #17 in 1914, was only 1 in 115 (0.87%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Louise (82,895) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s9,596#33 (1888)#37
1890s15,174#31 (1890)#38
1900s22,862#18 (1908)#27
1910s67,973#17 (1914)#18
1920s82,895#19 (1920)#25
1930s49,859#31 (1930)#44
1940s38,665#59 (1940)#79
1950s25,852#109 (1950)#146
1960s10,894#199 (1960)#281
1970s2,918#416 (1970)#624
1980s1,965#686 (1982)#856
1990s1,295#997 (1991)#1,354
2000s1,035#1,577 (2000)#1,867
2010s2,489#675 (2019)#1,134
2020s2,994#514 (2025)#600

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.

Louise in 1915

girls
#18
8,313 births · 1 in 118 girls
boys
#1,037
38 births · 1 in 22,331 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #18Louise8,313

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #1,037Louise38
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 118 of them was named Louise, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louise
  1. #15Lillian9,546
  2. #16Rose9,375
  3. #17Irene8,323
  4. #18Louise8,313
  5. #19Catherine8,181
  6. #20Edna8,144
  7. #21Gladys7,857
Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 22,331 of them was named Louise, which outranked 76.4% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louise
  1. #1,015Selmer39
  2. #1,015Stephan39
  3. #1,015Zigmund39
  4. #1,037Louise38
  5. #1,037Alfonse38
  6. #1,037Blake38
  7. #1,037Brown38
  8. #1,054Burnett37
  9. #1,054Dorris37
  10. #1,054Florence37

Tied with 16 names at #1,037; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915