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Louisa

Pronounced /luːˈiːzə/

Rank in 2024
#733
Born in 2024
383
Peak year
2021 · #685
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 383 girls were named Louisa, about 1 in every 4,212.
  • It peaked in 2021 with 424 babies, ranked #685.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 21,523 girls have been named Louisa since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 3,918 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Silent: 2,255 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,749 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,755 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,700 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,077 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,233 babies, 0.21 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, a latinized form of Louise used since the eighteenth century.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/luːˈiːzə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Louisa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Louise

    Rank
    #538
    Born '24
    559
    Origin
    French
    1880peak 19212024
  • GirlBoyRising

    Luisa

    Rank
    #869
    Born '24
    310
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20222024
  • GirlBoySteady

    Lisa

    Rank
    #984
    Born '24
    262
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19652024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Leisa

    Rank
    #14,223
    Born '24
    6
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19582024