Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Louisa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Louisa” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Louisa” 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 “Louisa” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Louisa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Louisa” 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 126 0.00062536 126 100%
1881 142 0.000736943 142 100%
1882 128 0.000577792 128 100%
1883 143 0.00065915 143 100%
1884 147 0.000603793 147 100%
1885 138 0.000572961 138 100%
1886 136 0.000532673 136 100%
1887 138 0.000557819 138 100%
1888 152 0.000507557 152 100%
1889 170 0.000588345 170 100%
1890 168 0.000557397 168 100%
1891 125 0.000436037 125 100%
1892 140 0.000418693 140 100%
1893 129 0.000396651 129 100%
1894 139 0.000410405 139 100%
1895 112 0.00031907 112 100%
1896 138 0.000386031 138 100%
1897 109 0.00031416 109 100%
1898 111 0.000290991 111 100%
1899 101 0.00029773 101 100%
1900 144 0.000319817 144 100%
1901 99 0.000286283 99 100%
1902 87 0.000224961 87 100%
1903 96 0.000251836 96 100%
1904 103 0.000255276 103 100%
1905 83 0.000195791 83 100%
1906 78 0.000182051 78 100%
1907 106 0.000227766 106 100%
1908 101 0.000206692 101 100%
1909 96 0.000187785 96 100%
1910 84 0.000142202 84 100%
1911 96 0.000149004 96 100%
1912 90 0.000091087 90 100%
1913 159 0.000139828 159 100%
1914 173 0.000122145 173 100%
1915 187 0.000102051 187 100%
1916 225 0.000116314 225 100%
1917 207 0.000103152 207 100%
1918 193 0.000088895 193 100%
1919 205 0.000097145 205 100%
1920 192 0.000084857 192 100%
1921 199 0.000085243 199 100%
1922 170 0.000074263 165 5 94%
1923 185 0.000080348 185 100%
1924 192 0.000080618 192 100%
1925 200 0.000085715 200 100%
1926 164 0.000071432 164 100%
1927 153 0.000065967 153 100%
1928 156 0.000068998 156 100%
1929 159 0.000072531 159 100%
1930 164 0.000073765 164 100%
1931 119 0.000056549 119 100%
1932 142 0.000067257 142 100%
1933 126 0.000063017 126 100%
1934 120 0.000057781 120 100%
1935 102 0.000048806 102 100%
1936 125 0.000060166 125 100%
1937 112 0.000052566 112 100%
1938 115 0.000051976 115 100%
1939 102 0.000046291 102 100%
1940 134 0.000058193 134 100%
1941 123 0.000050484 123 100%
1942 104 0.00003807 104 100%
1943 117 0.000041452 117 100%
1944 123 0.000045724 123 100%
1945 112 0.000042218 112 100%
1946 130 0.000040685 130 100%
1947 159 0.000044138 159 100%
1948 127 0.000036785 127 100%
1949 155 0.000044479 155 100%
1950 138 0.000039391 138 100%
1951 138 0.000037462 138 100%
1952 148 0.000038968 148 100%
1953 164 0.000042557 164 100%
1954 148 0.000037179 148 100%
1955 146 0.000036363 146 100%
1956 142 0.000034441 142 100%
1957 123 0.000029271 123 100%
1958 152 0.000036769 152 100%
1959 143 0.000034392 143 100%
1960 151 0.000036352 151 100%
1961 155 0.000037419 155 100%
1962 143 0.000035437 143 100%
1963 146 0.000036885 146 100%
1964 141 0.000036269 141 100%
1965 145 0.000039995 145 100%
1966 134 0.000038554 134 100%
1967 110 0.000032402 110 100%
1968 122 0.000036112 122 100%
1969 124 0.00003568 124 100%
1970 123 0.000034105 123 100%
1971 118 0.000034379 118 100%
1972 92 0.000029271 92 100%
1973 101 0.000033478 101 100%
1974 86 0.000028289 86 100%
1975 98 0.000032457 98 100%
1976 91 0.00002999 91 100%
1977 100 0.000031481 100 100%
1978 99 0.000031192 99 100%
1979 97 0.000029155 97 100%
1980 115 0.000033386 115 100%
1981 126 0.000036423 126 100%
1982 129 0.000036773 129 100%
1983 115 0.000033205 115 100%
1984 122 0.000034969 122 100%
1985 99 0.000027738 99 100%
1986 89 0.000025021 89 100%
1987 99 0.000027457 99 100%
1988 73 0.000019756 73 100%
1989 105 0.000027312 105 100%
1990 107 0.000027072 107 100%
1991 107 0.000027469 107 100%
1992 121 0.0000315 121 100%
1993 89 0.000023606 89 100%
1994 94 0.000025285 94 100%
1995 96 0.000026214 96 100%
1996 129 0.00003537 129 100%
1997 112 0.00003089 112 100%
1998 123 0.00003344 123 100%
1999 106 0.000028696 106 100%
2000 89 0.000023546 89 100%
2001 104 0.000027782 104 100%
2002 118 0.000031565 118 100%
2003 99 0.000026037 99 100%
2004 119 0.000031144 119 100%
2005 116 0.00003017 116 100%
2006 119 0.000030079 119 100%
2007 126 0.000031518 126 100%
2008 124 0.000031547 124 100%
2009 140 0.000036648 140 100%
2010 163 0.000044105 163 100%
2011 197 0.000053858 197 100%
2012 222 0.000060699 222 100%
2013 245 0.000067203 245 100%
2014 281 0.000075815 281 100%
2015 303 0.000081872 303 100%
2016 347 0.000094584 347 100%
2017 373 0.000104301 373 100%
2018 386 0.000109787 386 100%
2019 422 0.000121581 422 100%
2020 383 0.000114651 383 100%
2021 424 0.000125149 424 100%
2022 340 0.000100499 340 100%
2023 346 0.000104494 346 100%
2024 383 0.000115067 383 100%

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