Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Louise

#117 most common girls' name of all time · #222 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#117
Rank overall
#222 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
338,662
Since 2016
4,427
Peak year
1920 #19
Best rank
#17 1912
Girls Boys peak 9,226/yr
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Louise 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 579 579 #514
2024 562 562 #540
2023 514 514 #583
2022 462 8 470 #638
2021 460 5 465 #648
2020 417 417 #679
2019 428 428 #675
2018 340 340 #801
2017 339 339 #806
2016 313 313 #894
2015 243 243 #1,079
2014 201 201 #1,215
2013 197 197 #1,220
2012 153 153 #1,477
2011 125 125 #1,679
2010 150 150 #1,495
2009 102 102 #2,016
2008 108 108 #1,949
2007 107 107 #1,929
2006 90 90 #2,149
2005 92 92 #2,030
2004 94 94 #1,972
2003 112 112 #1,702
2002 110 110 #1,671
2001 108 9 117 #1,671
2000 112 112 #1,577
1999 117 117 #1,476
1998 98 7 105 #1,646
1997 111 111 #1,475
1996 94 94 #1,625
1995 113 113 #1,432
1994 111 111 #1,433
1993 135 135 #1,264
1992 147 7 154 #1,188
1991 187 187 #997
1990 182 182 #999
1989 156 13 169 #1,080
1988 160 5 165 #1,018
1987 169 12 181 #954
1986 162 7 169 #973
1985 194 11 205 #838
1984 209 14 223 #771
1983 200 12 212 #790
1982 255 11 266 #686
1981 226 6 232 #733
1980 234 8 242 #716
1979 210 9 219 #765
1978 200 5 205 #772
1977 207 207 #740
1976 205 8 213 #714
1975 229 12 241 #666
1974 229 12 241 #663
1973 313 313 #534
1972 340 9 349 #508
1971 444 6 450 #459
1970 541 541 #416
1969 602 11 613 #382
1968 620 15 635 #358
1967 659 9 668 #349
1966 875 13 888 #287
1965 945 12 957 #283
1964 1,145 14 1,159 #265
1963 1,322 11 1,333 #239
1962 1,399 12 1,411 #228
1961 1,541 8 1,549 #217
1960 1,786 7 1,793 #199
1959 1,966 13 1,979 #183
1958 2,008 7 2,015 #182
1957 2,308 13 2,321 #166
1956 2,238 14 2,252 #165
1955 2,431 15 2,446 #148
1954 2,692 18 2,710 #138
1953 2,964 16 2,980 #125
1952 2,979 28 3,007 #122
1951 3,012 22 3,034 #117
1950 3,254 14 3,268 #109
1949 3,424 19 3,443 #104
1948 3,685 27 3,712 #99
1947 4,050 13 4,063 #99
1946 3,925 20 3,945 #91
1945 3,514 22 3,536 #78
1944 3,842 13 3,855 #69
1943 4,044 18 4,062 #70
1942 4,343 31 4,374 #61
1941 3,910 33 3,943 #62
1940 3,928 35 3,963 #59
1939 3,956 25 3,981 #59
1938 4,069 32 4,101 #59
1937 4,382 39 4,421 #48
1936 4,355 48 4,403 #46
1935 4,563 44 4,607 #45
1934 4,973 50 5,023 #40
1933 5,079 38 5,117 #39
1932 5,643 52 5,695 #36
1931 5,897 45 5,942 #33
1930 6,942 51 6,993 #31
1929 6,903 59 6,962 #31
1928 7,053 58 7,111 #31
1927 7,704 57 7,761 #27
1926 7,979 52 8,031 #27
1925 8,275 41 8,316 #27
1924 8,854 58 8,912 #24
1923 8,882 44 8,926 #22
1922 8,886 43 8,929 #22
1921 9,180 41 9,221 #22
1920 9,179 47 9,226 #19
1919 8,812 43 8,855 #20
1918 9,111 34 9,145 #18
1917 8,584 48 8,632 #19
1916 8,630 33 8,663 #18
1915 8,313 38 8,351 #18
1914 6,648 27 6,675 #17
1913 5,577 26 5,603 #17
1912 5,116 33 5,149 #17
1911 3,725 18 3,743 #19
1910 3,457 29 3,486 #20
1909 3,019 10 3,029 #19
1908 2,937 14 2,951 #18
1907 2,619 9 2,628 #21
1906 2,307 12 2,319 #24
1905 2,367 14 2,381 #23
1904 2,136 10 2,146 #28
1903 1,935 10 1,945 #31
1902 1,832 9 1,841 #36
1901 1,640 5 1,645 #36
1900 2,070 15 2,085 #35
1899 1,536 11 1,547 #40
1898 1,693 8 1,701 #42
1897 1,563 5 1,568 #41
1896 1,531 13 1,544 #42
1895 1,582 10 1,592 #37
1894 1,571 10 1,581 #37
1893 1,447 12 1,459 #37
1892 1,446 7 1,453 #38
1891 1,333 1,333 #37
1890 1,472 9 1,481 #31
1889 1,283 6 1,289 #38
1888 1,334 9 1,343 #33
1887 1,088 12 1,100 #35
1886 1,061 1,061 #37
1885 956 956 #39
1884 962 5 967 #35
1883 847 7 854 #38
1882 813 7 820 #34
1881 617 5 622 #42
1880 635 635 #37