Girls' name · since 1909
Luise
581 babies named Luise in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 581
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Luise is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 581 have been recorded since 1909.
Luise has 581 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2022.
- #10,765 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 581 born since 1909
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luise ranks #10,765 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 581 born since 1909, peaking in the 1920s.
- #10,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 581
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Luise's 581 recorded births place it above 85.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Luise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Luise splits its recorded history at 1941: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1937 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Luise popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2022
- Peak year (1937)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Luise popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1990 (Luise as boys' name)
Luise by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (129 births, 22% of the file).
1920s was Luise's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Luise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 8
1900s
8 births
- 1910s
1910s
107 births
- 1920s
1920s
129 births
- 1930s
1930s
96 births
- 1940s
1940s
106 births
- 1950s
1950s
61 births
- 1960s 43
1960s
43 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 129 births (22% of all-time use).
How Luise 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 Luise's total volume
Luise by state
Where Luise concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 38 | 6.5% |
38 of 581 births nationwide.
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What to do with Luise's data
- Luise's decade-level peak was the 1920s (129 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Luises (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Luise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1937)
Similar record span (~113 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, 1909–2022 (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 Luise 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.