Louden — #6595 US boys' name
560 babies named Louden in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Louden was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Louden in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Louden
The Social Security Administration has registered 560 babies named Louden between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Louden currently holds the #6595 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Louden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Louden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Louden in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Louden 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 560 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.
Louden at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Louden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2008)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #6595 among boys.
560 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 31 births in a single year.
Louden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 232 births that decade — 41% of Louden's all-time total
Louden decade highlights
- Peak decade 232 births
- Runner-up 196 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Louden's strongest decade
232 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Louden by state
Where Louden concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 560 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–2024 (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.