Luisa

#902 for girls in 2025, 294 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #5,823
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,372
since 1882

Luisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Luisa has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #678, 1882girls
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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#902294
2024#865313
2023#949276
2022#869319
2021#987262
2020#994256
2019#984262
2018#1,108222
2017#1,104228
2016#1,184211
2015#1,134224
2014#1,308181
2013#1,171205
2012#1,307180
2011#1,096224
2010#1,160209
2009#1,194210
2008#1,263198
2007#1,125230
2006#996260
2005#1,054226
2004#1,008234
2003#1,029223
2002#946236
2001#1,014211
2000#970218
1999#865249
1998#1,018195
1997#1,110169
1996#995189
1995#991189
1994#1,034178
1993#1,023180
1992#1,004188
1991#1,016181
1990#968193#5,8238
1989#968180
1988#1,007162#5,2008
1987#986159
1986#1,150124
1985#1,143125
1984#880171
1983#1,019138#6,2385
1982#972152
1981#1,034139
1980#1,136120
1979#974147
1978#1,087120
1977#1,157108
1976#1,009124
1975#1,035116
1974#1,31581
1973#1,047111#4,5056
1972#1,12798
1971#1,148101#4,3756
1970#997125
1969#1,10999
1968#1,042100
1967#1,04697
1966#999105
1965#996109
1964#1,13594
1963#1,18884
1962#1,10497
1961#1,083102
1960#1,16587
1959#1,08796
1958#1,14386
1957#1,22873
1956#1,23771
1955#1,16773
1954#1,24164
1953#1,26159
1952#1,19563
1951#1,15166
1950#1,15364
1949#1,14463
1948#1,37045
1947#1,37745
1946#1,36041
1945#1,41832
1944#1,27239
1943#1,55629
1942#1,49730
1941#1,18440
1940#1,27234
1939#1,35030
1938#1,34330
1937#1,30331
1936#1,16537
1935#1,44926
1934#1,23633
1933#1,15837
1932#1,11641
1931#1,07443
1930#98356
1929#1,10744
1928#88169
1927#86373
1926#94263
1925#1,00855
1924#82282
1923#96659
1922#96959
1921#86872
1920#98955
1919#1,07546
1918#93758
1917#1,07943
1916#1,11440
1915#1,23132
1914#1,03433
1913#1,00329
1912#97827
1911#74134
1910#87724
1909#1,21912
1908#82922
1907#1,09213
1906#91716
1905#87218
1904#91016
1903#1,07611
1902#87216
1901#91813
1900#1,10612
1899#93512
1898#92014
1897#93112
1896#99911
1895#1,2028
1894#90512
1893#1,0239
1892#86112
1891#1,3325
1890#87210
1889#1,1476
1888#1,1366
1887#7889
1886#9936
1885#9216
1884
1883#9205
1882#6788
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Luisa! It came in at #678, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Luisa is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #457 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,656 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedHITexas: #336 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,860 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Luisa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#336 · 1 in 1,860
  2. California#457 · 1 in 4,656

Best ever in a state: #94 in New Mexico, 1916.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#336321 in 1,860
California#45781 in 4,656
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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 Luisa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#865#902)
  • 92 spots since 2020 (#994#902)
  • 232 spots since 2015 (#1,134#902)
  • Biggest jump: 471 spots in 1892 (#1,332#861)
  • Biggest drop: 460 spots in 1891 (#872#1,332)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #678 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,141
  • Highest: 1 in 5,141 girls born in 2022 were named Luisa (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,467 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #678 in 1882, was only 1 in 13,481 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 15.6% of all girls named Luisa (2,246) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46#678 (1882)#940
1890s105#861 (1892)#998
1900s149#829 (1908)#981
1910s366#741 (1911)#1,007
1920s631#822 (1924)#942
1930s364#983 (1930)#1,218
1940s398#1,144 (1949)#1,345
1950s715#1,087 (1959)#1,186
1960s974#996 (1965)#1,087
1970s1,131#974 (1979)#1,090
1980s1,470#880 (1984)#1,030
1990s1,911#865 (1999)#1,002
2000s2,246#946 (2002)#1,060
2010s2,146#984 (2019)#1,156
2020s1,720#865 (2024)#928

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.

Luisa in 1930

girls
#983
56 births · 1 in 20,106 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #983Luisa56
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 20,106 of them was named Luisa, which outranked 81.3% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Luisa
  1. #971Trinidad57
  2. #971Vivien57
  3. #971Willodean57
  4. #983Luisa56
  5. #983Ethelene56
  6. #983Florida56
  7. #983Georgetta56
  8. #993Altha55
  9. #993Delpha55
  10. #993Eartha55

Tied with 9 names at #983; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930