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How popular is “Louie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Louie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Louie” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Louie” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Louie” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Louie” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Louie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Louie” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 47 0.000233269 14 33 -40%
1881 59 0.000306194 28 31 -5%
1882 65 0.00029341 19 46 -42%
1883 68 0.000313442 26 42 -24%
1884 63 0.000258768 19 44 -40%
1885 62 0.000257417 19 43 -39%
1886 51 0.000199752 15 36 -41%
1887 59 0.000238488 28 31 -5%
1888 79 0.000263796 31 48 -22%
1889 67 0.000231877 27 40 -19%
1890 72 0.000238884 33 39 -8%
1891 45 0.000156973 18 27 -20%
1892 76 0.00022729 28 48 -26%
1893 59 0.000181414 19 40 -36%
1894 62 0.000183058 20 42 -35%
1895 75 0.000213663 29 46 -23%
1896 68 0.000190218 23 45 -32%
1897 66 0.000190225 17 49 -48%
1898 77 0.000201859 22 55 -43%
1899 72 0.000212243 22 50 -39%
1900 82 0.000182118 21 61 -49%
1901 69 0.00019953 11 58 -68%
1902 84 0.000217204 24 60 -43%
1903 65 0.000170514 21 44 -35%
1904 82 0.000203229 15 67 -63%
1905 91 0.000214662 20 71 -56%
1906 79 0.000184385 25 54 -37%
1907 100 0.000214874 28 72 -44%
1908 88 0.000180088 25 63 -43%
1909 101 0.000197565 23 78 -54%
1910 124 0.000209917 29 95 -53%
1911 121 0.000187807 31 90 -49%
1912 214 0.000216586 37 177 -65%
1913 245 0.000215458 35 210 -71%
1914 319 0.000225228 51 268 -68%
1915 420 0.000229204 60 360 -71%
1916 400 0.000206781 46 354 -77%
1917 445 0.000221752 53 392 -76%
1918 458 0.000210952 62 396 -73%
1919 501 0.000237413 59 442 -76%
1920 464 0.00020507 43 421 -81%
1921 471 0.000201756 44 427 -81%
1922 504 0.000220168 46 458 -82%
1923 510 0.0002215 45 465 -82%
1924 494 0.000207423 34 460 -86%
1925 465 0.000199288 44 421 -81%
1926 454 0.000197743 30 424 -87%
1927 419 0.000180653 40 379 -81%
1928 432 0.000191071 43 389 -80%
1929 405 0.000184749 23 382 -89%
1930 421 0.000189359 28 393 -87%
1931 377 0.000179149 30 347 -84%
1932 385 0.000182353 27 358 -86%
1933 367 0.000183551 21 346 -89%
1934 385 0.00018538 39 346 -80%
1935 365 0.00017465 20 345 -89%
1936 361 0.00017376 17 344 -91%
1937 348 0.000163329 15 333 -91%
1938 336 0.000151859 14 322 -92%
1939 368 0.000167011 20 348 -89%
1940 354 0.000153734 20 334 -89%
1941 356 0.000146116 20 336 -89%
1942 355 0.00012995 14 341 -92%
1943 343 0.000121521 11 332 -94%
1944 354 0.000131595 16 338 -91%
1945 340 0.000128161 12 328 -93%
1946 360 0.000112665 10 350 -94%
1947 379 0.00010521 14 365 -93%
1948 403 0.000116726 13 390 -94%
1949 406 0.000116507 13 393 -94%
1950 384 0.000109609 18 366 -91%
1951 395 0.000107228 18 377 -91%
1952 343 0.000090311 12 331 -93%
1953 342 0.000088747 342 -100%
1954 332 0.000083402 15 317 -91%
1955 351 0.00008742 9 342 -95%
1956 322 0.000078098 9 313 -94%
1957 357 0.000084957 13 344 -93%
1958 396 0.000095793 13 383 -93%
1959 331 0.000079606 9 322 -95%
1960 344 0.000082815 16 328 -91%
1961 342 0.000082563 9 333 -95%
1962 269 0.000066661 5 264 -96%
1963 282 0.000071245 14 268 -90%
1964 269 0.000069194 7 262 -95%
1965 258 0.000071164 7 251 -95%
1966 219 0.00006301 6 213 -95%
1967 181 0.000053315 5 176 -94%
1968 231 0.000068375 7 224 -94%
1969 181 0.000052081 5 176 -94%
1970 213 0.00005906 5 208 -95%
1971 204 0.000059434 10 194 -90%
1972 212 0.000067452 212 -100%
1973 214 0.000070934 7 207 -93%
1974 185 0.000060855 7 178 -92%
1975 163 0.000053984 5 158 -94%
1976 155 0.000051083 7 148 -91%
1977 151 0.000047537 151 -100%
1978 140 0.00004411 140 -100%
1979 183 0.000055005 8 175 -91%
1980 152 0.000044128 5 147 -93%
1981 145 0.000041915 145 -100%
1982 146 0.00004162 5 141 -93%
1983 134 0.000038691 5 129 -93%
1984 123 0.000035256 123 -100%
1985 126 0.000035303 7 119 -89%
1986 128 0.000035985 128 -100%
1987 139 0.000038551 139 -100%
1988 132 0.000035724 132 -100%
1989 117 0.000030434 117 -100%
1990 146 0.000036939 146 -100%
1991 144 0.000036968 144 -100%
1992 108 0.000028116 108 -100%
1993 121 0.000032093 121 -100%
1994 90 0.000024209 90 -100%
1995 96 0.000026214 96 -100%
1996 103 0.000028241 103 -100%
1997 105 0.00002896 105 -100%
1998 121 0.000032896 121 -100%
1999 100 0.000027072 100 -100%
2000 109 0.000028837 109 -100%
2001 86 0.000022974 86 -100%
2002 88 0.00002354 88 -100%
2003 86 0.000022618 86 -100%
2004 84 0.000021984 84 -100%
2005 98 0.000025489 98 -100%
2006 108 0.000027299 108 -100%
2007 96 0.000024014 96 -100%
2008 101 0.000025695 101 -100%
2009 108 0.000028271 108 -100%
2010 126 0.000034093 126 -100%
2011 138 0.000037728 5 133 -93%
2012 144 0.000039373 144 -100%
2013 147 0.000040322 147 -100%
2014 173 0.000046676 173 -100%
2015 220 0.000059445 5 215 -95%
2016 243 0.000066236 7 236 -94%
2017 220 0.000061518 6 214 -95%
2018 247 0.000070252 10 237 -92%
2019 296 0.00008528 14 282 -91%
2020 330 0.000098785 16 314 -90%
2021 399 0.00011777 22 377 -89%
2022 390 0.000115278 21 369 -89%
2023 481 0.000145265 21 460 -91%
2024 514 0.000154424 17 497 -93%

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