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Lou

Pronounced /luː/

Rank in 2024
#2,535
Born in 2024
70
Peak year
1954 · #204
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:70 in 2024 (#2,121)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 70 girls were named Lou, about 1 in every 23,046.
  • It peaked in 1954 with 1,495 babies, ranked #204.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 34,043 girls have been named Lou since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Lou per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.3
    Greatest
  2. 0.4
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 6,702 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Silent: 8,918 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Boomers: 13,073 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,702 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 202 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 151 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 508 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Shortening. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /luː/ Rhymes: -uː Homophones: loo, lu; lew, lieu (yod-dropping) ==== Proper noun ==== Lou (countable and uncountable, plural Lous) (countable) A unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name Louis. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa and Louise; often also used as a middle name. (with definite article) Nickname for St. Louis: a major city in Missouri, United States. ===== Quotations ===== 2000 Nelly, "Country Grammar (Hot Shit"). Country Grammar, Universal Records. I'm from the Lou and I'm proud.

  • (countable) A unisex given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Louis.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Louisa and Louise; often also used as a middle name.
Origin
Not recorded
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    Rank
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    Born '24
    8
    Origin
    —
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