Lou Name Popularity

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How popular is Lou?

Ranking 3,872nd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lou is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Lou has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #125 in 1880.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1954 with 1,494 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Lou in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1996.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lou occurred roughly during the years 1895-1898, 1909-1917, 1923-1927, 1949-1953, 2002-2005, and 2009-2016, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1954-1966, 1968-1975, 1977-1980, 1982-1985, and 1987-1990.

Sometimes the name Lou has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Lou be?

Lou's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Lou has risen significantly.

The name Lou is very unique but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Lou has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Lou (Girl)		Lou (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		38	3,872	32	3,471
2017		30	4,636	37	3,154
2016		35	4,197	45	2,706
2015		29	4,795	37	3,120
2014		22	5,903	27	3,850
2013		14	8,390	24	4,129
2012		18	7,035	18	5,162
2011		16	7,649	27	3,850
2010		11	10,192	16	5,629
2009		5	19,008	22	4,522
2008		6	16,651	13	6,625
2007		6	16,735	13	6,481
2006		9	12,012	20	4,613
2005		14	8,151	21	4,279
2004		10	10,375	16	5,152
2003		10	10,117	10	7,040
2002		8	11,735	13	5,598
2001		8	11,602	20	4,054
2000		9	10,388	11	6,166
1999		6	13,682	8	7,581
1998		8	10,712	11	5,692
1997		7	11,546	14	4,596
1996		< 5	--	14	4,529
1995		< 5	--	13	4,695
1994		7	11,258	20	3,415
1993		10	8,433	14	4,370
1992		9	9,187	19	3,412
1991		6	12,431	24	2,793
1990		12	7,133	24	2,745
1989		13	6,376	18	3,281
1988		11	6,918	10	4,636
1987		13	5,794	16	3,141
1986		13	5,621	11	4,026
1985		12	5,882	19	2,663
1984		19	4,095	19	2,587
1983		18	4,204	13	3,344
1982		29	3,058	22	2,311
1981		30	2,954	16	2,844
1980		19	4,078	23	2,255
1979		41	2,327	26	2,024
1978		38	2,374	25	1,994
1977		43	2,176	17	2,615
1976		48	1,896	20	2,298
1975		49	1,864	21	2,178
1974		64	1,527	19	2,246
1973		91	1,190	28	1,684
1972		101	1,108	25	1,800
1971		134	955	38	1,394
1970		159	850	40	1,326
1969		165	803	29	1,514
1968		169	770	32	1,378
1967		171	754	29	1,431
1966		186	724	39	1,210
1965		225	656	33	1,350
1964		277	600	48	1,105
1963		382	496	38	1,268
1962		396	488	47	1,131
1961		474	447	54	1,061
1960		593	390	64	950
1959		708	358	57	1,022
1958		850	314	67	932
1957		885	309	72	895
1956		1,064	259	54	1,026
1955		1,225	232	49	1,081
1954		1,494	204	52	1,041
1953		1,436	208	36	1,256
1952		570	345	41	1,162
1951		440	391	55	946
1950		413	395	31	1,306
1949		441	375	35	1,222
1948		439	379	39	1,154
1947		510	355	56	949
1946		478	343	47	995
1945		399	342	48	934
1944		462	314	38	1,080
1943		456	330	39	1,097
1942		536	293	47	981
1941		507	285	39	1,044
1940		494	281	39	1,043
1939		501	279	47	911
1938		532	274	30	1,211
1937		539	269	26	1,331
1936		506	271	26	1,309
1935		521	269	29	1,264
1934		558	263	24	1,413
1933		534	265	38	1,066
1932		540	270	45	986
1931		463	290	40	1,074
1930		468	306	28	1,383
1929		474	309	28	1,363
1928		425	320	44	1,051
1927		489	304	37	1,191
1926		417	323	29	1,370
1925		395	338	41	1,101
1924		381	349	37	1,199
1923		343	358	35	1,229
1922		350	349	40	1,130
1921		320	377	28	1,435
1920		336	357	33	1,267
1919		313	361	21	1,674
1918		371	335	31	1,278
1917		338	338	45	975
1916		308	351	39	1,036
1915		285	354	31	1,175
1914		227	348	38	894
1913		199	342	17	1,293
1912		212	315	22	981
1911		153	317	9	1,249
1910		144	318	18	723
1909		140	307	< 5	--
1908		147	293	15	701
1907		124	313	12	798
1906		100	334	< 5	--
1905		143	276	13	688
1904		117	297	7	1,028
1903		133	266	11	722
1902		121	286	6	1,094
1901		96	304	7	906
1900		140	275	13	718
1899		125	253	13	569
1898		156	236	10	726
1897		114	267	13	601
1896		130	247	10	759
1895		125	253	9	774
1894		118	253	12	615
1893		137	223	10	683
1892		137	222	9	778
1891		109	231	8	741
1890		132	210	9	710
1889		120	210	17	453
1888		169	173	10	678
1887		147	167	10	615
1886		129	178	9	674
1885		135	158	13	537
1884		146	145	10	644
1883		142	136	11	577
1882		131	137	10	627
1881		114	138	15	452
1880		131	125	14	492

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.