Girls' name · since 1933
Louan
76 babies named Louan in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Louan is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 76 have been recorded since 1933.
Louan has 76 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1961.
- #30,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 1933
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louan ranks #30,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 1933, peaking in the 1950s.
- #30,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Louan's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Louan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Louan's full recorded timeline at 1953, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1935 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Louan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1961
- Peak year (1935)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Louan by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (36 births, 47% of the file).
1950s was Louan's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Louan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
23 births
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 36 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Louan's decade-level peak was the 1950s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Louan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1933–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Louan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.