Girls' name · peaked in 1912
Louise name popularity since 1925
177,270 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Louise (99.2% girls, 0.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1940 or earlier, so the typical Louise is about 86 years old in 2026. Louise peaked in 1912 as the #17 name for girls, and it ranked #516 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 177,270
- Named Louise, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1912
- #17 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #516
- for girls in 2025 (579 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% girls
- 175,880 girls · 1,390 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 2.49× its national share
Peak year is the year Louise made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Louise births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Louise peaked earlier, in 1912.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, Louise's share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 6,410.
- Fastest rise: Between 2011 and 2016, it became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 14,100 baby girls to 1 in 5,660.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Louise's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Louise.
Decade by decade
Babies named Louise in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 37,914 | 267 | – |
| 1930s | 49,859 | 424 | #45 |
| 1940s | 38,665 | 231 | #78 |
| 1950s | 25,852 | 160 | #148 |
| 1960s | 10,894 | 112 | #283 |
| 1970s | 2,918 | 61 | #667 |
| 1980s | 1,965 | 99 | #840 |
| 1990s | 1,295 | 14 | #1,438 |
| 2000s | 1,035 | 9 | #2,047 |
| 2010s | 2,489 | 0 | #1,081 |
| 2020–25 | 2,994 | 13 | #516 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
49.7% of babies named Louise from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Louise is most popular
The index compares Louise's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Louise.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2.49× | 6,100 |
| Mississippi | 2.42× | 5,117 |
| Maine | 2.33× | 1,742 |
| New Hampshire | 2.19× | 1,200 |
| Alabama | 2.17× | 6,705 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Louise's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Louise.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Louise (1912).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data