NameTides

Luisa

Luisa was the #902 girls' name in the US in 2025 (294 babies), and #1,584 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Luisa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Luisa 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Luisa 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#902 (294)#1,584 (19)——#483 (7)#1,577 (15)
2024#865 (313)#1,230 (27)#638 (4)—#556 (6)#1,194 (21)
2023#949 (276)#1,056 (32)——#727 (4)#1,254 (19)
2022#869 (319)#982 (35)#625 (4)—#747 (4)#993 (26)
2021#987 (262)#801 (45)#485 (6)#446 (3)#661 (5)#1,522 (15)
2020#994 (256)#1,267 (25)——#834 (3)#1,153 (21)
2019#984 (262)#980 (36)——#871 (3)#2,188 (9)
2018#1,108 (222)#902 (41)#502 (6)—#436 (9)#1,376 (17)
2017#1,104 (228)#1,105 (31)#409 (8)——#1,269 (19)
2016#1,184 (211)#744 (53)#453 (7)—#868 (3)#1,463 (16)
2015#1,134 (224)#891 (41)#455 (7)——#1,757 (12)
2014#1,308 (181)#877 (43)#477 (7)——#1,901 (11)
2013#1,171 (205)#959 (38)#506 (6)#440 (3)#747 (4)#1,091 (23)
2012#1,307 (180)#998 (36)#815 (3)——#1,904 (11)
2011#1,096 (224)#959 (37)#810 (3)—#695 (5)#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #869.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,500 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 5,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Luisa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 6,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Luisa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #567NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #700CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #615TXFlorida: #796FL
Luisa (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
Ontario2024#1,2848

Luisa (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
LuisaCanadaGirls#1,57715
LuisaEngland & WalesGirls#1,58419
LuisaIrelandGirls#4837
LuísaIrelandGirls—too few
LuisaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LuisaScotlandGirls—too few
LuisaUSGirls#902294
LuisaUSBoys—too few