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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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.

Where Louise is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Louise, so not publishedAKMaine: #119 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 466 girlsMEVermont: #98 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 298 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #76 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 271 girlsNHWashington: #357 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,328 girlsWAIdaho: #256 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,106 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Louise, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Louise, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #248 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,776 girlsMNIllinois: #231 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 1,377 girlsILWisconsin: #213 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,457 girlsWIMichigan: #267 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,820 girlsMINew York: #183 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 933 girlsNYMassachusetts: #133 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 709 girlsMARhode Island: #110 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 517 girlsRIOregon: #213 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Louise, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Louise, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #231 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,304 girlsSDIowa: #350 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,168 girlsIAIndiana: #358 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,943 girlsINOhio: #326 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,589 girlsOHPennsylvania: #176 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 951 girlsPANew Jersey: #165 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 846 girlsNJConnecticut: #127 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 593 girlsCTCalifornia: #282 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 1,541 girlsCAUtah: #210 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 903 girlsUTColorado: #230 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,109 girlsCONebraska: #259 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsNEMissouri: #264 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,867 girlsMOKentucky: #353 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,018 girlsKYWest Virginia: #257 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,682 girlsWVVirginia: #215 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,284 girlsVAMaryland: #240 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,422 girlsMDDelaware: #153 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 734 girlsDEArizona: #214 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 886 girlsAZNew Mexico: #173 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 648 girlsNMKansas: #286 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,861 girlsKSArkansas: #364 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,499 girlsARTennessee: #426 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,860 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #247 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,495 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #275 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,648 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #255 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,426 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Louise, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #262 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,390 girlsLAMississippi: #148 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 675 girlsMSAlabama: #288 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,782 girlsALGeorgia: #281 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,817 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Louise, so not publishedHITexas: #507 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,970 girlsTXFlorida: #328 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,022 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#76 · 1 in 271
  2. Vermont#98 · 1 in 298
  3. Rhode Island#110 · 1 in 517
  4. Maine#119 · 1 in 466
  5. Connecticut#127 · 1 in 593

Best ever in a state: #3 in South Carolina, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#76201 in 271
Vermont#98111 in 298
Rhode Island#110151 in 517
Maine#119201 in 466
Connecticut#127411 in 593
Massachusetts#133731 in 709
Mississippi#148351 in 675
Delaware#15361 in 734
New Jersey#165681 in 846
New Mexico#173171 in 648
Pennsylvania#1761071 in 951
New York#1831751 in 933
Utah#210111 in 903
Oregon#213141 in 1,027
Wisconsin#213281 in 1,457
Arizona#214171 in 886
Virginia#215311 in 1,284
Colorado#230171 in 1,109
Illinois#231721 in 1,377
South Dakota#23151 in 1,304
Maryland#240211 in 1,422
North Carolina#247311 in 1,495
Minnesota#248201 in 1,776
District of Columbia#25591 in 1,426
Idaho#25651 in 1,106
West Virginia#25791 in 1,682
Nebraska#25991 in 1,538
Louisiana#262261 in 1,390
Missouri#264221 in 1,867
Michigan#267441 in 1,820
South Carolina#275151 in 1,648
Georgia#281241 in 1,817
California#2821131 in 1,541
Kansas#286101 in 1,861
Alabama#288181 in 1,782
Ohio#326371 in 2,589
Florida#328241 in 2,022
Iowa#35081 in 3,168
Kentucky#353101 in 3,018
Washington#357111 in 2,328
Indiana#358161 in 2,943
Arkansas#36471 in 2,499
Tennessee#42691 in 3,860
Texas#507271 in 3,970
Alaska
Hawaii
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Wyoming

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 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 1963

girls
#239
1,322 births · 1 in 1,458 girls
boys
#2,539
11 births · 1 in 184,643 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #239Louise1,322

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #2,539Louise11
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 1,458 of them was named Louise, which outranked 96.9% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louise
  1. #236Ruby1,383
  2. #237Angie1,378
  3. #238June1,369
  4. #239Louise1,322
  5. #240Jana1,311
  6. #241Lorie1,306
  7. #242Jenny1,302
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 184,643 of them was named Louise, which outranked 45.1% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Louise
  1. #2,414Winthrop12
  2. #2,414Winton12
  3. #2,414Yitzchok12
  4. #2,539Louise11
  5. #2,539Abdul11
  6. #2,539Alexandre11
  7. #2,539Andree11
  8. #2,673Aldon10
  9. #2,673Alexandro10
  10. #2,673Ancil10

Tied with 133 names at #2,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 1,551Tal#2,364#813
  2. 1,141Jaimie#1,962#821
  3. 540Stoney#1,038#498
  4. 364Pamela#1,311#947
  5. 331Giovanni#1,242#911
Fallers
  1. 324Olin#871#1,195
  2. 295Enoch#984#1,279
  3. 285Rand#953#1,238
  4. 283Vernell#996#1,279
  5. 269Bentley#926#1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963