Luisa — #868 US girls' name
14,073 babies named Luisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Luisa was born in this single decade.
319 babies were named Luisa in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 14,073 babies named Luisa between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Luisa currently holds the #868 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 319 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luisa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Luisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,264 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Luisa in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luisa 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 14,073 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.
Luisa at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Luisa popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1882
- Peak year (2022)
- 319
- Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
Currently ranks #868 among girls.
14,073 total births across 143 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 319 births in a single year.
Luisa popularity over time — boys
33 total births recorded since 1971 (Luisa as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Luisa accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Luisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,246 births that decade — 16% of Luisa's all-time total
Luisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,246 births
- Runner-up 2,146 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Luisa's strongest decade
2,246 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Luisa by state
Where Luisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,264 | 23.2% |
| #2 | California | | 2,880 | 20.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,645 | 11.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 551 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 405 | 2.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 389 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 368 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 262 | 1.9% |
3,264 of 14,073 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 23.2% of nationwide
- California 20.5% of nationwide
- New York 11.7% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 23.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Luisa appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.