Louise

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Louise and Luise are, respectively, French and German feminine forms of the given name Louis. Louise has been regularly used as a female name in English-speaking countries since the middle of the 19th century.

From Wikipedia

Louise first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 480 babies (rank #31 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Louise

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Louise yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

9,954
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
480
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952480#31
1953434#35
1954476#31
1955440#35
1956441#32
1957366#51
1958324#57
1959332#56
1960307#63
1961272#75
1962266#74
1963246#85
1964266#83
1965233#91
1966195#103
1967183#105
1968159#124
1969162#132
1970131#156
1971122#163
197283#213
197389#185
197499#165
197571#207
197674#209
197770#211
197895#174
197975#209
198089#185
198174#211
198279#195
198382#192
198494#172
198580#200
198674#220
198788#190
198887#185
198977#218
1990102#176
199186#198
199298#180
199399#171
199497#172
1995122#131
199685#180
1997117#140
1998101#161
1999102#158
2000108#154
200186#186
2002101#163
2003119#132
2004113#134
200590#166
2006112#127
2007118#119
2008106#134
200989#162
2010111#132
2011116#127
2012118#120
2013107#124
2014136#106