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
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,372since 1882
Luisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Luisa has never cracked the top 600 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 | #902 | 294 | — | |
| 2024 | #865 | 313 | — | |
| 2023 | #949 | 276 | — | |
| 2022 | #869 | 319 | — | |
| 2021 | #987 | 262 | — | |
| 2020 | #994 | 256 | — | |
| 2019 | #984 | 262 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,108 | 222 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,104 | 228 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,184 | 211 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,134 | 224 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,308 | 181 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,171 | 205 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,307 | 180 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,096 | 224 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,160 | 209 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,194 | 210 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,263 | 198 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,125 | 230 | — | |
| 2006 | #996 | 260 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,054 | 226 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,008 | 234 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,029 | 223 | — | |
| 2002 | #946 | 236 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,014 | 211 | — | |
| 2000 | #970 | 218 | — | |
| 1999 | #865 | 249 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,018 | 195 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,110 | 169 | — | |
| 1996 | #995 | 189 | — | |
| 1995 | #991 | 189 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,034 | 178 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,023 | 180 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,004 | 188 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,016 | 181 | — | |
| 1990 | #968 | 193 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #968 | 180 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,007 | 162 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #986 | 159 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,150 | 124 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,143 | 125 | — | |
| 1984 | #880 | 171 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,019 | 138 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #972 | 152 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,034 | 139 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,136 | 120 | — | |
| 1979 | #974 | 147 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,087 | 120 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,157 | 108 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,009 | 124 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,035 | 116 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,315 | 81 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,047 | 111 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #1,127 | 98 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,148 | 101 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #997 | 125 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,109 | 99 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,042 | 100 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 | — | |
| 1966 | #999 | 105 | — | |
| 1965 | #996 | 109 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,135 | 94 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,188 | 84 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,104 | 97 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,083 | 102 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,165 | 87 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,087 | 96 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,143 | 86 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,228 | 73 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,237 | 71 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 73 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,241 | 64 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 59 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,195 | 63 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,153 | 64 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 63 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,370 | 45 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,116 | 41 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | — | |
| 1930 | #983 | 56 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,107 | 44 | — | |
| 1928 | #881 | 69 | — | |
| 1927 | #863 | 73 | — | |
| 1926 | #942 | 63 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,008 | 55 | — | |
| 1924 | #822 | 82 | — | |
| 1923 | #966 | 59 | — | |
| 1922 | #969 | 59 | — | |
| 1921 | #868 | 72 | — | |
| 1920 | #989 | 55 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 | — | |
| 1918 | #937 | 58 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,114 | 40 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 | — | |
| 1912 | #978 | 27 | — | |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 | — | |
| 1910 | #877 | 24 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | — | |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#477 · 1 in 3,472
- New York#481 · 1 in 3,334
- Arizona#497 · 1 in 2,956
- Texas#667 · 1 in 5,243
- California#778 · 1 in 6,884
Best ever in a state: #94 in New Mexico, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #477 | 11 | 1 in 3,472 |
| New York | #481 | 31 | 1 in 3,334 |
| Arizona | #497 | 5 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Texas | #667 | 18 | 1 in 5,243 |
| California | #778 | 19 | 1 in 6,884 |
| Pennsylvania | #927 | 5 | 1 in 13,511 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #678 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 2019–2025
- 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
- 15.6% of all girls named Luisa (2,246) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #678 (1882) | #940 |
| 1890s | 105 | #861 (1892) | #998 |
| 1900s | 149 | #829 (1908) | #981 |
| 1910s | 366 | #741 (1911) | #1,007 |
| 1920s | 631 | #822 (1924) | #942 |
| 1930s | 364 | #983 (1930) | #1,218 |
| 1940s | 398 | #1,144 (1949) | #1,345 |
| 1950s | 715 | #1,087 (1959) | #1,186 |
| 1960s | 974 | #996 (1965) | #1,087 |
| 1970s | 1,131 | #974 (1979) | #1,090 |
| 1980s | 1,470 | #880 (1984) | #1,030 |
| 1990s | 1,911 | #865 (1999) | #1,002 |
| 2000s | 2,246 | #946 (2002) | #1,060 |
| 2010s | 2,146 | #984 (2019) | #1,156 |
| 2020s | 1,720 | #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 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 13,137 of them was named Luisa, which outranked 89.3% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,038Mattie112
- #1,038Mistie112
- #1,038Teressa112
- #1,047Luisa111
- #1,047Alycia111
- #1,047Flora111
- #1,047Kendall111
- #1,054Barbra110
- #1,054Clare110
- #1,054Matthew110
Tied with 6 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 259,763 of them was named Luisa, which outranked 23.3% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,054Zakary7
- #4,054Zalmen7
- #4,054Zubin7
- #4,505Luisa6
- #4,505Abdu6
- #4,505Abelino6
- #4,505Able6
- #5,101Abdalla5
- #5,101Abiel5
- #5,101Abrahm5
Tied with 595 names at #4,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.