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Louise

Pronounced /luːˈiːz/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1929 · #860
Origin
French
Also recorded for girls:559 in 2024 (#538)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Louise in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1929 with 59 babies, ranked #860.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 2,196 boys have been named Louise since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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Greatest: 805 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 693 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 291 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 129 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 98 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 16 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From French Louise, the feminine form of Louis.

  • A female given name from French.
Origin
French
Say it
/luːˈiːz/

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