NameTides

Louisa

Louisa was the #694 girls' name in the US in 2025 (407 babies), and #684 in England & Wales and #750 in Canada.

Louisa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Louisa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Louisa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#694 (407)#684 (54)#359 (9)#397 (3)—#750 (39)
2024#732 (385)#751 (50)#333 (10)—#631 (5)#641 (45)
2023#808 (346)#734 (49)#439 (7)—#364 (10)#714 (39)
2022#822 (340)#576 (67)#238 (16)—#502 (7)#632 (45)
2021#685 (424)#588 (66)#261 (15)#298 (5)#661 (5)#484 (61)
2020#725 (383)#525 (76)#293 (12)#246 (6)#544 (6)#586 (49)
2019#688 (422)#402 (104)#267 (14)#243 (7)#421 (9)#730 (40)
2018#731 (386)#358 (130)#151 (32)#313 (5)#387 (11)#714 (40)
2017#752 (373)#333 (143)#201 (22)#263 (6)#365 (11)#710 (41)
2016#827 (347)#289 (174)#185 (26)#166 (13)#335 (13)#717 (41)
2015#906 (303)#334 (140)#182 (24)#312 (5)#402 (11)#758 (37)
2014#954 (281)#298 (158)#222 (21)#314 (5)#536 (7)#1,340 (18)
2013#1,017 (245)#304 (154)#254 (16)#440 (3)#374 (12)#777 (36)
2012#1,119 (222)#280 (176)#267 (17)#203 (9)#317 (16)#999 (26)
2011#1,217 (197)#328 (146)#229 (19)#444 (3)#695 (5)#1,056 (24)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #119.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Louisa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Louisa by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #356WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #496NYMassachusetts: #302MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #592OHPennsylvania: #403PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #878CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #497CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Louisa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#43811
Ontario2024#44228

Louisa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LouisaCanadaGirls#75039
LouisaEngland & WalesGirls#68454
LouisaIrelandGirls—too few
LouisaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
LouisaScotlandGirls#3599
LouisaUSGirls#694407
LouisaUSBoys—too few