Lou*
#716 most common girls' name of all time · #1,300 across all names · 11% male / 89% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#716
Rank overall
#1,300 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
38,198
Since 2016
1,086
Peak year
1954 #204
Best rank
#125 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 1,547/yr
Lou is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 81 | 146 | #2,646 |
| 2024 | 71 | 70 | 141 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 69 | 74 | 143 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 62 | 76 | 138 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 54 | 61 | 115 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 43 | 58 | 101 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 40 | 44 | 84 | #3,718 |
| 2018 | 39 | 32 | 71 | #3,790 |
| 2017 | 30 | 37 | 67 | #4,576 |
| 2016 | 35 | 45 | 80 | #4,158 |
| 2015 | 29 | 38 | 67 | #4,725 |
| 2014 | 22 | 27 | 49 | #5,797 |
| 2013 | 15 | 24 | 39 | #7,748 |
| 2012 | 18 | 18 | 36 | #6,872 |
| 2011 | 16 | 27 | 43 | #7,436 |
| 2010 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #9,790 |
| 2009 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #17,296 |
| 2008 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #15,405 |
| 2007 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #15,493 |
| 2006 | 9 | 20 | 29 | #11,418 |
| 2005 | 14 | 21 | 35 | #7,892 |
| 2004 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #9,894 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #9,672 |
| 2002 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #11,109 |
| 2001 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #11,020 |
| 2000 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #9,874 |
| 1999 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #12,689 |
| 1998 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #10,124 |
| 1997 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #10,837 |
| 1996 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1995 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1994 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #10,570 |
| 1993 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #8,052 |
| 1992 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #8,736 |
| 1991 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #11,511 |
| 1990 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #6,867 |
| 1989 | 13 | 18 | 31 | #6,160 |
| 1988 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #6,667 |
| 1987 | 13 | 16 | 29 | #5,614 |
| 1986 | 13 | 11 | 24 | #5,460 |
| 1985 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #5,678 |
| 1984 | 19 | 19 | 38 | #3,991 |
| 1983 | 18 | 13 | 31 | #4,110 |
| 1982 | 29 | 22 | 51 | #3,019 |
| 1981 | 30 | 16 | 46 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 19 | 23 | 42 | #3,992 |
| 1979 | 40 | 25 | 65 | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 38 | 25 | 63 | #2,351 |
| 1977 | 43 | 17 | 60 | #2,163 |
| 1976 | 48 | 20 | 68 | #1,884 |
| 1975 | 49 | 21 | 70 | #1,854 |
| 1974 | 63 | 19 | 82 | #1,533 |
| 1973 | 92 | 29 | 121 | #1,175 |
| 1972 | 101 | 25 | 126 | #1,106 |
| 1971 | 134 | 38 | 172 | #952 |
| 1970 | 159 | 40 | 199 | #851 |
| 1969 | 165 | 29 | 194 | #801 |
| 1968 | 169 | 32 | 201 | #768 |
| 1967 | 171 | 29 | 200 | #753 |
| 1966 | 186 | 39 | 225 | #724 |
| 1965 | 225 | 33 | 258 | #657 |
| 1964 | 277 | 48 | 325 | #598 |
| 1963 | 382 | 38 | 420 | #496 |
| 1962 | 396 | 47 | 443 | #487 |
| 1961 | 473 | 54 | 527 | #447 |
| 1960 | 593 | 64 | 657 | #389 |
| 1959 | 706 | 57 | 763 | #358 |
| 1958 | 851 | 67 | 918 | #314 |
| 1957 | 884 | 72 | 956 | #309 |
| 1956 | 1,066 | 54 | 1,120 | #258 |
| 1955 | 1,225 | 49 | 1,274 | #232 |
| 1954 | 1,495 | 52 | 1,547 | #204 |
| 1953 | 1,434 | 36 | 1,470 | #208 |
| 1952 | 569 | 40 | 609 | #345 |
| 1951 | 440 | 55 | 495 | #391 |
| 1950 | 414 | 31 | 445 | #395 |
| 1949 | 441 | 35 | 476 | #374 |
| 1948 | 439 | 39 | 478 | #379 |
| 1947 | 510 | 56 | 566 | #355 |
| 1946 | 478 | 47 | 525 | #343 |
| 1945 | 399 | 48 | 447 | #341 |
| 1944 | 463 | 38 | 501 | #314 |
| 1943 | 456 | 39 | 495 | #330 |
| 1942 | 536 | 47 | 583 | #293 |
| 1941 | 506 | 39 | 545 | #286 |
| 1940 | 494 | 39 | 533 | #281 |
| 1939 | 502 | 47 | 549 | #277 |
| 1938 | 532 | 30 | 562 | #274 |
| 1937 | 539 | 26 | 565 | #269 |
| 1936 | 506 | 26 | 532 | #271 |
| 1935 | 522 | 29 | 551 | #269 |
| 1934 | 559 | 24 | 583 | #263 |
| 1933 | 534 | 38 | 572 | #265 |
| 1932 | 540 | 45 | 585 | #270 |
| 1931 | 463 | 40 | 503 | #290 |
| 1930 | 468 | 28 | 496 | #306 |
| 1929 | 474 | 28 | 502 | #308 |
| 1928 | 425 | 44 | 469 | #320 |
| 1927 | 489 | 37 | 526 | #303 |
| 1926 | 417 | 29 | 446 | #324 |
| 1925 | 395 | 41 | 436 | #337 |
| 1924 | 381 | 37 | 418 | #349 |
| 1923 | 343 | 35 | 378 | #356 |
| 1922 | 350 | 40 | 390 | #347 |
| 1921 | 320 | 28 | 348 | #377 |
| 1920 | 336 | 33 | 369 | #356 |
| 1919 | 313 | 21 | 334 | #361 |
| 1918 | 371 | 31 | 402 | #335 |
| 1917 | 338 | 45 | 383 | #338 |
| 1916 | 308 | 39 | 347 | #351 |
| 1915 | 285 | 31 | 316 | #353 |
| 1914 | 227 | 38 | 265 | #348 |
| 1913 | 199 | 17 | 216 | #342 |
| 1912 | 212 | 22 | 234 | #315 |
| 1911 | 153 | 9 | 162 | #316 |
| 1910 | 144 | 18 | 162 | #317 |
| 1909 | 140 | — | 140 | #307 |
| 1908 | 147 | 15 | 162 | #292 |
| 1907 | 124 | 12 | 136 | #312 |
| 1906 | 100 | — | 100 | #334 |
| 1905 | 143 | 13 | 156 | #276 |
| 1904 | 117 | 7 | 124 | #297 |
| 1903 | 133 | 11 | 144 | #266 |
| 1902 | 121 | 6 | 127 | #285 |
| 1901 | 96 | 7 | 103 | #304 |
| 1900 | 140 | 13 | 153 | #274 |
| 1899 | 125 | 13 | 138 | #251 |
| 1898 | 156 | 10 | 166 | #236 |
| 1897 | 114 | 13 | 127 | #267 |
| 1896 | 130 | 10 | 140 | #245 |
| 1895 | 125 | 9 | 134 | #252 |
| 1894 | 118 | 12 | 130 | #249 |
| 1893 | 137 | 10 | 147 | #222 |
| 1892 | 137 | 9 | 146 | #222 |
| 1891 | 109 | 8 | 117 | #231 |
| 1890 | 132 | 9 | 141 | #210 |
| 1889 | 120 | 17 | 137 | #210 |
| 1888 | 169 | 10 | 179 | #172 |
| 1887 | 147 | 10 | 157 | #167 |
| 1886 | 129 | 9 | 138 | #178 |
| 1885 | 135 | 13 | 148 | #158 |
| 1884 | 146 | 10 | 156 | #145 |
| 1883 | 142 | 11 | 153 | #136 |
| 1882 | 131 | 10 | 141 | #137 |
| 1881 | 114 | 15 | 129 | #137 |
| 1880 | 131 | 14 | 145 | #125 |