Loula — girls' name

What the Data Says About Loula

The Social Security Administration has registered 641 babies named Loula between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loula currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1884, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loula performed strongest in the 1880s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Loula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loula in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loula 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 641 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.