How rare is the name Louann?

8,434 people in the United States have the first name Louann, about 1 in 35,811. It ranks #2,763 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LOUANN

#2,763

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,434
About
1 in 35,811
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,434 people named Louann, 90.2% reported their origin as White, 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Louann peaked in 1953, when 273 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
1953
Births that year
273
In 2025*
10 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,197 babies have been given the name since 1921. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Louann by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,270. The largest share of babies named Louann, 54.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#5,022110
1930s#1,813510
1940s#1,721686
1950s#1,2701,739
1960s#1,5851,276
1970s#3,217439
1980s#7,019172
1990s#14,03088
2000s#18,13284
2010s#23,26555
2020s#20,79838
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4519.1%
Baby boom 1946–6454.8%
Generation X 1965–8016.7%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–122.2%
2013 and later1.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Louann is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Louann has been most common in Minnesota (4.7×), Wisconsin (4.4×), and Michigan (3.1×), and least common in California (0.64×).

2,663 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Louann

#2,761 Nidia · 8,440#2,762 Marin · 8,436#2,764 Christal · 8,431#2,765 Andria · 8,429

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Louann, most common first.

#6,632 Louanne · 2,400#13,935 Louanna · 855#21,351 Loann · 476#41,535 Louana · 176#44,702 Louan · 154

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