Louise

Boy · recorded 1881–2022

  • 2022last recorded
  • 1910best year

Most popular in 1910.

Last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Louise.

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

07514918811916195219872022

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 108 recorded years as a table
Louise, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188150
188262
188367
188444
1887118
188874
188954
189081
189257
1893107
189486
189585
1896109
189744
189865
1899104
1900100
190147
190273
190384
190478
1905106
190690
190761
190891
190961
1910149
191180
191277
191351
191441
191545
191637
191752
191834
191944
192044
192137
192240
192340
192451
192537
192647
192751
192852
192955
193046
193143
193250
193338
193448
193542
193646
193737
193829
193923
194030
194127
194222
194313
194410
194516
194612
19477
194815
194911
19508
195112
195214
19538
19549
19557
19567
19576
19583
19596
19603
19614
19626
19635
19647
19656
19667
19675
19689
19696
19713
19726
19748
19758
19765
19783
19795
19804
19813
19826
19837
19848
19856
19864
19876
19883
19896
19924
19984
20015
20213
20225

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Louise isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2022
8
Rank in 2022
#8,990
How rare
1 in 218,250 boys
Since 1881
2,196

Louise was last recorded in 2022. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1910, at 149 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Louise doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.