Name profile

Louise

French feminine form of Louis.

PronunciationFrench /lwiz/; English /lu.ˈiz/; Danish /lu.ˈiː.sə/; German /lu.ˈiː.zə/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#514

Meaning and history

Louise is the French feminine form of Louis.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 90 births, rank #2,149
2007: 107 births, rank #1,929
2008: 108 births, rank #1,949
2009: 102 births, rank #2,016
2010: 150 births, rank #1,495
20112011: 125 births, rank #1,679
2012: 153 births, rank #1,477
2013: 197 births, rank #1,220
2014: 201 births, rank #1,215
2015: 243 births, rank #1,079
20162016: 313 births, rank #894
2017: 339 births, rank #806
2018: 340 births, rank #801
2019: 428 births, rank #675
2020: 417 births, rank #679
20212021: 460 births, rank #648
2022: 462 births, rank #638
2023: 514 births, rank #583
2024: 562 births, rank #540
20252025: 579 births, rank #514

Louise rose from #541 to #516 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 9,180 births.