Girls' name · since 1922
Lounell
Lounell has 115 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1936 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,626 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1922
- 1930s
- peak decade
115 girls have been named Lounell since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Lounell recorded 115 times among girls since 1922, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1922 to 1952.
- #25,626 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 115 born since 1922
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lounell ranks #25,626 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1922, peaking in the 1930s.
- #25,626 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1922
- 1930s
- peak decade
Lounell's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lounell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lounell's full recorded timeline at 1935, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1936 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lounell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1952
- Peak year (1936)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Lounell by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (50 births, 43% of the file).
1930s was Lounell's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Lounell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s
1930s
50 births
- 1940s
1940s
20 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 50 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lounell's data
- Lounell's decade-level peak was the 1930s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1950s -- 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 Lounell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1922–1952 (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 Lounell 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.