Louellen — girls' name
488 babies named Louellen in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Louellen was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Louellen in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Louellen
The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Louellen between 1910 and 2017, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Louellen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Louellen performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Louellen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Louellen 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 488 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.
Louellen at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Louellen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1910
- Peak year (1942)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
488 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 22 births in a single year.
Louellen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 153 births that decade — 31% of Louellen's all-time total
Louellen decade highlights
- Peak decade 153 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Louellen's strongest decade
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% 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, 1910–2017 (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.