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Lou
Pronounced /luː/
Rank in 2024
#2,121
Born in 2024
70
Peak year
2022 · #2042
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:70 in 2024 (#2,535)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 70 boys were named Lou, about 1 in every 24,504.
- It peaked in 2022 with 74 babies, ranked #2042.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 4,006 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 622 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 655 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 941 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 444 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 272 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 253 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 584 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
- Say it
- /luː/
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