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How popular is “Louise” in the USA?

Number of people named “Louise” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Louise” by birth year

This chart shows how “Louise” 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 635 0.003151615 635 100%
1881 622 0.003228016 617 5 98%
1882 820 0.00370148 813 7 98%
1883 854 0.003936464 847 7 98%
1884 967 0.003971889 962 5 99%
1885 956 0.00396921 956 100%
1886 1061 0.004155634 1061 100%
1887 1100 0.004446384 1088 12 98%
1888 1343 0.00448453 1334 9 99%
1889 1289 0.004461041 1283 6 99%
1890 1481 0.004913719 1472 9 99%
1891 1333 0.004649897 1333 100%
1892 1453 0.004345434 1446 7 99%
1893 1459 0.004486152 1447 12 98%
1894 1581 0.004667985 1571 10 99%
1895 1592 0.004535354 1582 10 99%
1896 1544 0.004319075 1531 13 98%
1897 1568 0.004519292 1563 5 99%
1898 1701 0.004459241 1693 8 99%
1899 1547 0.004560274 1536 11 99%
1900 2085 0.004630678 2070 15 99%
1901 1645 0.00475692 1640 5 99%
1902 1841 0.00476039 1832 9 99%
1903 1945 0.005102308 1935 10 99%
1904 2146 0.005318661 2136 10 99%
1905 2381 0.005616599 2367 14 99%
1906 2319 0.005412521 2307 12 99%
1907 2628 0.005646877 2619 9 99%
1908 2951 0.0060391 2937 14 99%
1909 3029 0.005924996 3019 10 99%
1910 3486 0.005901363 3457 29 98%
1911 3743 0.005809604 3725 18 99%
1912 5149 0.005211211 5116 33 99%
1913 5603 0.004927404 5577 26 99%
1914 6675 0.004712838 6648 27 99%
1915 8351 0.004557346 8313 38 99%
1916 8663 0.004478352 8630 33 99%
1917 8632 0.004301482 8584 48 99%
1918 9145 0.004212129 9111 34 99%
1919 8855 0.004196195 8812 43 99%
1920 9226 0.004077532 9179 47 99%
1921 9221 0.003949874 9180 41 99%
1922 8929 0.003900564 8886 43 99%
1923 8926 0.003876688 8882 44 99%
1924 8911 0.003741587 8853 58 99%
1925 8317 0.003564477 8276 41 99%
1926 8031 0.003497967 7979 52 99%
1927 7761 0.003346185 7704 57 99%
1928 7111 0.003145155 7053 58 98%
1929 6962 0.003175862 6903 59 98%
1930 6993 0.003145342 6942 51 99%
1931 5942 0.002823624 5897 45 98%
1932 5694 0.002696928 5642 52 98%
1933 5118 0.002559708 5080 38 99%
1934 5023 0.002418606 4973 50 98%
1935 4608 0.00220489 4564 44 98%
1936 4402 0.002118813 4354 48 98%
1937 4420 0.002074465 4381 39 98%
1938 4100 0.001853045 4068 32 98%
1939 3983 0.001807626 3958 25 99%
1940 3962 0.0017206 3927 35 98%
1941 3943 0.001618355 3910 33 98%
1942 4374 0.001601132 4343 31 99%
1943 4062 0.00143912 4044 18 99%
1944 3855 0.001433043 3842 13 99%
1945 3536 0.001332876 3514 22 99%
1946 3945 0.001234623 3925 20 99%
1947 4063 0.001127884 4050 13 99%
1948 3712 0.001075157 3685 27 99%
1949 3443 0.000988012 3424 19 99%
1950 3268 0.000932819 3254 14 99%
1951 3034 0.00082362 3012 22 99%
1952 3007 0.000791731 2979 28 98%
1953 2980 0.000773294 2964 16 99%
1954 2710 0.000680783 2692 18 99%
1955 2446 0.000609203 2431 15 99%
1956 2252 0.000546199 2238 14 99%
1957 2322 0.000552575 2309 13 99%
1958 2015 0.000487433 2008 7 99%
1959 1979 0.000475951 1966 13 99%
1960 1793 0.000431651 1786 7 99%
1961 1548 0.000373705 1540 8 99%
1962 1411 0.000349658 1399 12 98%
1963 1333 0.000336769 1322 11 98%
1964 1159 0.000298127 1145 14 98%
1965 957 0.000263967 945 12 97%
1966 888 0.000255491 875 13 97%
1967 668 0.000196766 659 9 97%
1968 635 0.000187958 620 15 95%
1969 613 0.000176386 602 11 96%
1970 541 0.000150006 541 100%
1971 450 0.000131105 444 6 97%
1972 349 0.000111041 340 9 95%
1973 313 0.000103749 313 100%
1974 241 0.000079276 229 12 90%
1975 241 0.000079817 229 12 90%
1976 213 0.000070197 205 8 92%
1977 207 0.000065166 207 100%
1978 205 0.00006459 200 5 95%
1979 219 0.000065825 210 9 92%
1980 243 0.000070547 235 8 93%
1981 232 0.000067064 226 6 95%
1982 266 0.000075828 255 11 92%
1983 211 0.000060924 199 12 89%
1984 223 0.00006392 209 14 87%
1985 205 0.000057437 194 11 89%
1986 169 0.000047511 162 7 92%
1987 181 0.000050199 169 12 87%
1988 165 0.000044654 160 5 94%
1989 169 0.00004396 156 13 85%
1990 182 0.000046047 182 100%
1991 187 0.000048007 187 100%
1992 154 0.000040091 147 7 91%
1993 135 0.000035806 135 100%
1994 111 0.000029858 111 100%
1995 113 0.000030856 113 100%
1996 94 0.000025773 94 100%
1997 111 0.000030614 111 100%
1998 105 0.000028547 98 7 87%
1999 117 0.000031674 117 100%
2000 112 0.00002963 112 100%
2001 117 0.000031255 108 9 85%
2002 110 0.000029425 110 100%
2003 112 0.000029456 112 100%
2004 94 0.000024601 94 100%
2005 92 0.000023928 92 100%
2006 90 0.000022749 90 100%
2007 107 0.000026766 107 100%
2008 108 0.000027476 108 100%
2009 102 0.0000267 102 100%
2010 150 0.000040587 150 100%
2011 125 0.000034174 125 100%
2012 153 0.000041833 153 100%
2013 197 0.000054037 197 100%
2014 201 0.000054231 201 100%
2015 243 0.000065659 243 100%
2016 313 0.000085316 313 100%
2017 339 0.000094793 339 100%
2018 340 0.000096704 340 100%
2019 428 0.00012331 428 100%
2020 417 0.000124829 417 100%
2021 465 0.000137251 460 5 98%
2022 470 0.000138924 462 8 97%
2023 513 0.000154929 513 100%
2024 559 0.000167943 559 100%

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