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
0%100%Median name50%30.9%
Louetta vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Louetta's 1,548 recorded births place it above 92.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

7 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1933)
50
Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
0102030405060 188018971910192219341946195819732025 7

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1930s at 331 births (21% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

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 vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -53, 4.5%-28, 6.6%-48, 5%-64, 3%-26, 7.3%-56, 4.7%-29, 10.8%-10, 18.2%-49, 7.3%-31, 8.3%-40, 9.2%-50, 4.7%-27, 7%-35, 7.1%-44, 5.3%Louetta-146, 3.2%Louetta
Louetta vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Louetta by state

Where Louetta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Louetta
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%
Kentucky share of Louetta's total US births 1.2%
Even split

18 of 1,548 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Louetta?
1,548 babies have been named Louetta since 1880. All-time, it sits at #5,583 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #11,948 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1933 with 50 births.
Where does Louetta sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Louetta most popular?
Louetta was most popular in the 1930s decade with 331 total births. The single peak year was 1933.
Where is Louetta most popular?
The top states for the name Louetta are Kentucky (18 births), Missouri (15 births), Illinois (11 births).
How long has the name Louetta been used?
Records for Louetta go back to 1880, giving 146 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Louetta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Louise, Lou, Louisa, Lourdes, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.

Keep exploring Louetta

Nearby Names Like Louetta

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Louetta

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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.

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.