Louella
Louella is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 146 births. Its best rank was 238th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1460.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1932266 births
- Best rank
- #238in 1881
- Since 1880
- 13,809people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,809 girls have been named Louella in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1932, with 266 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 76 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Louella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 500 | |
| 1890s | 638 | |
| 1900s | 832 | |
| 1910s | 1,826 | |
| 1920s | 2,457 | |
| 1930s | 2,362 | |
| 1940s | 1,973 | |
| 1950s | 1,150 | |
| 1960s | 508 | |
| 1970s | 214 | |
| 1980s | 123 | |
| 1990s | 87 | |
| 2000s | 93 | |
| 2010s | 488 | |
| 2020s | 558 |
In 1932, its biggest year
Louella was the 403rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1932 were Mary, Betty, Barbara, Dorothy and Joan. See all of 1932.
Names that rose and fell with Louella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Georgiepeak 1925
- Luepeak 1919
- Alicepeak 1921
- Harrietpeak 1921
- Rhodapeak 1926
- Louveniapeak 1924
- Anniepeak 1922
- Harriettpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.