Louana — girls' name
92 babies named Louana in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Louana was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Louana in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Louana
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Louana between 1918 and 2021, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Louana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Louana performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Louana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Louana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 92 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Louana at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Louana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1918
- Peak year (1949)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
92 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 10 births in a single year.
Louana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 36 births that decade — 39% of Louana's all-time total
Louana decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Louana's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.