NameTides

Louise

Louise was the #514 girls' name in the US in 2025 (579 babies), and #816 in England & Wales and #249 in Canada.

Louise as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Louise as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaNorthern IrelandUSEngland & Wales
Louise as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#514 (579)#816 (44)—#334 (4)#213 (20)#249 (126)—
2024#540 (562)#952 (37)#476 (6)—#294 (14)#313 (98)—
2023#583 (514)#627 (59)#540 (5)—#296 (13)#304 (100)—
2022#638 (462)#706 (52)#760 (3)—#284 (15)#366 (83)—
2021#648 (460)#709 (53)#485 (6)—#284 (15)#305 (108)—
2020#679 (417)#559 (70)#399 (8)—#315 (13)#372 (85)—
2019#675 (428)#562 (72)#447 (7)—#347 (12)#340 (95)—
2018#801 (340)#437 (100)#348 (10)—#211 (23)#357 (92)—
2017#806 (339)#499 (87)#304 (12)#296 (5)#301 (15)#535 (59)—
2016#894 (313)#415 (107)#311 (12)#353 (4)#236 (20)#455 (74)—
2015#1,079 (243)#417 (106)#213 (20)#358 (4)#494 (8)#494 (65)—
2014#1,215 (201)#432 (101)#205 (23)#247 (7)#188 (28)#574 (54)—
2013#1,220 (197)#366 (124)#267 (15)#370 (4)#232 (23)#647 (44)—
2012#1,477 (153)#291 (164)#146 (32)#297 (6)#237 (22)#734 (38)—
2011#1,679 (125)#288 (171)#120 (39)#311 (5)#162 (37)#714 (39)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1912 at #17.
  • Rising 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 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Louise is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Louise by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #344WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #313WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #285MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #473NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #611INOhio: #347OHPennsylvania: #443PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #766CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #209CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #277MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #359VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #634NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #342LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #470GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Louise (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#11150
Ontario2024#48326

Louise (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
LouiseCanadaGirls#249126
LouiseEngland & WalesGirls#81644
LouiseIrelandGirls#21320
LouiseNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
LouiseNSWGirls—too few
LouiseScotlandGirls—too few
LouiseUSGirls#514579
LouiseUSBoys—too few