Louise remains a common girls' name (#514 in 2025), down from a peak of #17 in 1912.
Louise is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #516 for girl births in the United States (and #1,048 across all names), given to 579 babies. Louise was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (9,180 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 579 | 579 | #516 | — |
| 2024 | 562 | 562 | #541 | — |
| 2023 | 514 | 514 | #583 | — |
| 2022 | 470 | 470 | #639 | #9,517 |
| 2021 | 465 | 465 | #651 | #13,325 |
| 2020 | 417 | 417 | #681 | — |
| 2019 | 428 | 428 | #677 | — |
| 2018 | 340 | 340 | #803 | — |
| 2017 | 339 | 339 | #807 | — |
| 2016 | 313 | 313 | #896 | — |
| 2015 | 243 | 243 | #1,081 | — |
| 2014 | 201 | 201 | #1,218 | — |
| 2013 | 197 | 197 | #1,225 | — |
| 2012 | 153 | 153 | #1,482 | — |
| 2011 | 125 | 125 | #1,688 | — |
| 2010 | 150 | 150 | #1,496 | — |
| 2009 | 102 | 102 | #2,026 | — |
| 2008 | 108 | 108 | #1,959 | — |
| 2007 | 107 | 107 | #1,932 | — |
| 2006 | 90 | 90 | #2,160 | — |
| 2005 | 92 | 92 | #2,047 | — |
| 2004 | 94 | 94 | #1,981 | — |
| 2003 | 112 | 112 | #1,706 | — |
| 2002 | 110 | 110 | #1,676 | — |
| 2001 | 117 | 117 | #1,678 | #7,274 |
| 2000 | 112 | 112 | #1,582 | — |
| 1999 | 117 | 117 | #1,481 | — |
| 1998 | 105 | 105 | #1,653 | #8,112 |
| 1997 | 111 | — | #1,484 | — |
| 1996 | 94 | — | #1,635 | — |
| 1995 | 113 | — | #1,438 | — |
| 1994 | 111 | — | #1,437 | — |
| 1993 | 135 | — | #1,268 | — |
| 1992 | 154 | — | #1,191 | #7,124 |
| 1991 | 187 | — | #998 | — |
| 1990 | 182 | — | #1,000 | — |
| 1989 | 169 | — | #1,083 | #4,187 |
| 1988 | 165 | — | #1,019 | #8,045 |
| 1987 | 181 | — | #957 | #3,881 |
| 1986 | 169 | — | #975 | #5,703 |
| 1985 | 205 | — | #840 | #3,945 |
| 1984 | 223 | — | #773 | #3,205 |
| 1983 | 212 | — | #791 | #3,544 |
| 1982 | 266 | — | #689 | #3,838 |
| 1981 | 232 | — | #734 | #5,956 |
| 1980 | 242 | — | #717 | #4,774 |
| 1979 | 219 | — | #768 | #4,264 |
| 1978 | 205 | — | #773 | #6,398 |
| 1977 | 207 | — | #741 | — |
| 1976 | 213 | — | #717 | #4,254 |
| 1975 | 241 | — | #667 | #3,172 |
| 1974 | 241 | — | #663 | #3,064 |
| 1973 | 313 | — | #535 | — |
| 1972 | 349 | — | #508 | #3,515 |
| 1971 | 450 | — | #460 | #4,719 |
| 1970 | 541 | — | #416 | — |
| 1969 | 613 | — | #382 | #2,793 |
| 1968 | 635 | — | #359 | #2,157 |
| 1967 | 668 | — | #349 | #2,899 |
| 1966 | 888 | — | #287 | #2,294 |
| 1965 | 957 | — | #283 | #2,425 |
| 1964 | 1,159 | — | #265 | #2,272 |
| 1963 | 1,333 | — | #239 | #2,619 |
| 1962 | 1,411 | — | #228 | #2,458 |
| 1961 | 1,549 | — | #217 | #3,261 |
| 1960 | 1,793 | — | #199 | #3,532 |
| 1959 | 1,979 | — | #183 | #2,366 |
| 1958 | 2,015 | — | #182 | #3,458 |
| 1957 | 2,321 | — | #166 | #2,339 |
| 1956 | 2,252 | — | #165 | #2,222 |
| 1955 | 2,446 | — | #148 | #2,102 |
| 1954 | 2,710 | — | #138 | #1,866 |
| 1953 | 2,980 | — | #125 | #2,006 |
| 1952 | 3,007 | — | #122 | #1,447 |
| 1951 | 3,034 | — | #117 | #1,627 |
| 1950 | 3,268 | — | #109 | #2,078 |
| 1949 | 3,443 | — | #104 | #1,736 |
| 1948 | 3,712 | — | #99 | #1,419 |
| 1947 | 4,063 | — | #99 | #2,216 |
| 1946 | 3,945 | — | #91 | #1,626 |
| 1945 | 3,536 | — | #78 | #1,430 |
| 1944 | 3,855 | — | #69 | #2,047 |
| 1943 | 4,062 | — | #70 | #1,744 |
| 1942 | 4,374 | — | #61 | #1,265 |
| 1941 | 3,943 | — | #62 | #1,164 |
| 1940 | 3,963 | — | #59 | #1,121 |
| 1939 | 3,981 | — | #59 | #1,349 |
| 1938 | 4,101 | — | #59 | #1,161 |
| 1937 | 4,421 | — | #48 | #1,028 |
| 1936 | 4,403 | — | #46 | #889 |
| 1935 | 4,607 | — | #45 | #962 |
| 1934 | 5,023 | — | #40 | #893 |
| 1933 | 5,117 | — | #39 | #1,067 |
| 1932 | 5,695 | — | #36 | #900 |
| 1931 | 5,942 | — | #33 | #992 |
| 1930 | 6,993 | — | #31 | #953 |
| 1929 | 6,962 | — | #31 | #867 |
| 1928 | 7,111 | — | #31 | #881 |
| 1927 | 7,761 | — | #27 | #907 |
| 1926 | 8,031 | — | #27 | #951 |
| 1925 | 8,316 | — | #27 | #1,102 |
| 1924 | 8,912 | — | #24 | #923 |
| 1923 | 8,926 | — | #22 | #1,080 |
| 1922 | 8,929 | — | #22 | #1,081 |
| 1921 | 9,221 | — | #22 | #1,117 |
| 1920 | 9,226 | — | #19 | #1,013 |
| 1919 | 8,855 | — | #20 | #1,042 |
| 1918 | 9,145 | — | #18 | #1,206 |
| 1917 | 8,632 | — | #19 | #929 |
| 1916 | 8,663 | — | #18 | #1,147 |
| 1915 | 8,351 | — | #18 | #1,048 |
| 1914 | 6,675 | — | #17 | #1,117 |
| 1913 | 5,603 | — | #17 | #982 |
| 1912 | 5,149 | — | #17 | #764 |
| 1911 | 3,743 | — | #19 | #780 |
| 1910 | 3,486 | — | #20 | #529 |
| 1909 | 3,029 | — | #19 | #992 |
| 1908 | 2,951 | — | #18 | #729 |
| 1907 | 2,628 | — | #21 | #970 |
| 1906 | 2,319 | — | #24 | #734 |
| 1905 | 2,381 | — | #23 | #654 |
| 1904 | 2,146 | — | #28 | #791 |
| 1903 | 1,945 | — | #31 | #762 |
| 1902 | 1,841 | — | #36 | #837 |
| 1901 | 1,645 | — | #36 | #1,149 |
| 1900 | 2,085 | — | #35 | #668 |
| 1899 | 1,547 | — | #40 | #643 |
| 1898 | 1,701 | — | #42 | #855 |
| 1897 | 1,568 | — | #41 | #1,166 |
| 1896 | 1,544 | — | #42 | #616 |
| 1895 | 1,592 | — | #37 | #728 |
| 1894 | 1,581 | — | #37 | #705 |
| 1893 | 1,459 | — | #37 | #593 |
| 1892 | 1,453 | — | #38 | #915 |
| 1891 | 1,333 | — | #37 | — |
| 1890 | 1,481 | — | #31 | #711 |
| 1889 | 1,289 | — | #38 | #941 |
| 1888 | 1,343 | — | #33 | #734 |
| 1887 | 1,100 | — | #35 | #533 |
| 1886 | 1,061 | — | #37 | — |
| 1885 | 956 | — | #39 | — |
| 1884 | 967 | — | #35 | #1,064 |
| 1883 | 854 | — | #38 | #771 |
| 1882 | 820 | — | #34 | #803 |
| 1881 | 622 | — | #42 | #956 |
| 1880 | 635 | — | #37 | — |