Meaning and history
Short form of Louise or Louis, Lou is a given name borne by figures such as baseball player Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) and musician Lou Reed (1942–2013).
20062006: 20 births, rank #4,520
2007: 13 births, rank #6,262
2008: 13 births, rank #6,393
2009: 22 births, rank #4,429
2010: 16 births, rank #5,478
20112011: 27 births, rank #3,792
2012: 18 births, rank #5,035
2013: 24 births, rank #4,064
2014: 27 births, rank #3,787
2015: 38 births, rank #3,022
20162016: 45 births, rank #2,689
2017: 37 births, rank #3,123
2018: 32 births, rank #3,446
2019: 44 births, rank #2,808
2020: 58 births, rank #2,323
20212021: 61 births, rank #2,277
2022: 76 births, rank #2,000
2023: 74 births, rank #2,032
2024: 70 births, rank #2,120
20252025: 81 births, rank #1,919
Lou moved from #849 to #955 for girls between 1970 and 1971. Its highest annual birth count came in 1954, with 1,495 births.