Girls' name · since 1910
Louellen
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.
- #12,032 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 488
- born since 1910
- 1940s
- peak decade
Louellen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 488 have been recorded since 1910.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louellen has been recorded 488 times among girls since 1910, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2017.
- #12,032 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 488 born since 1910
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louellen ranks #12,032 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 488 born since 1910, peaking in the 1940s.
- #12,032 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 488
- born since 1910
- 1940s
- peak decade
Louellen's 488 recorded births place it above 83.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Louellen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Louellen splits its recorded history at 1940: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1942 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Louellen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2017
- Peak year (1942)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Louellen by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (153 births, 31% of the file).
1940s was Louellen's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Louellen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 46
1910s
46 births
- 1920s
1920s
87 births
- 1930s
1930s
90 births
- 1940s
1940s
153 births
- 1950s
1950s
63 births
- 1960s 34
1960s
34 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 153 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Louellen's decade-level peak was the 1940s (153 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Louellen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1942)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1910–2017 (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 Louellen 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.