Girls' name · since 1880
Louetta
1,548 babies named Louetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1933. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,948 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,548
- born since 1880
- 1930s
- peak decade
Louetta currently ranks #11948 among girls' names in America, with 1,548 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Louetta recorded 1,548 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #11948 nationally today, ahead of 31% of girls, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #5,583 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,948 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,548 born since 1880
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Louetta ranks #5,583 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,948 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,548 born since 1880, peaking in the 1930s.
- #5,583 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,948 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,548
- born since 1880
- 1930s
- peak decade
Louetta's 1,548 recorded births place it above 92.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Kentucky.
How Louetta compares
1,548 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Louetta's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Louetta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,548 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Louetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Louetta splits its recorded history at 1931: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1882 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1933 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Louetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1933)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Currently ranks #11948 among girls.
1,548 total births across 146 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1933 with 50 births in a single year.
Louetta by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (331 births, 21% of the file).
1930s was Louetta's strongest decade.
331 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Louetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 46
1880s
46 births
- 1890s 71
1890s
71 births
- 1900s 79
1900s
79 births
- 1910s
1910s
144 births
- 1920s
1920s
292 births
- 1930s
1930s
331 births
- 1940s
1940s
275 births
- 1950s
1950s
171 births
- 1960s 88
1960s
88 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 331 births (21% of all-time use).
Louetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 331 births
- Runner-up 292 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Louetta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Louetta's total volume
Louetta by state
Where Louetta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 18 | 1.2% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 15 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
18 of 1,548 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 1.2% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.7% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Louetta's data
- Louetta's decade-level peak was the 1930s (331 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Louettas (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Louetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1933)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Louetta 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.
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