How rare is the name Louella?

5,067 people in the United States have the first name Louella, about 1 in 59,608. It ranks #3,876 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LOUELLA

#3,876

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,067
About
1 in 59,608
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,067 people named Louella, 61.1% reported their origin as White, 20.3% as Black and 8.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Louella peaked in 1932, when 266 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1932
Births that year
266
In 2025*
146 ▼45%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,958 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Louella by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #501. The largest share of babies named Louella, 32.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#501500
1890s#564638
1900s#576832
1910s#7541,826
1920s#8002,457
1930s#7802,362
1940s#9751,973
1950s#1,5621,150
1960s#2,587508
1970s#5,125214
1980s#8,774123
1990s#14,13687
2000s#17,04293
2010s#5,764488
2020s#3,190707
Before 19018.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2732.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4529.1%
Baby boom 1946–6416.2%
Generation X 1965–802.9%
Millennials 1981–961.2%
Generation Z 1997–121.3%
2013 and later8.1%

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 Louella is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Louella has been most common in Louisiana (5.5×), West Virginia (4.5×), and Mississippi (3.6×), and least common in Florida (0.12×).

7,951 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 Louella

#3,874 Elin · 5,072#3,874 Krzysztof · 5,072#3,877 Magdalene · 5,065#3,878 Demetrio · 5,064

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,681 Lowell · 18,468#32,104 Loula · 264#50,640 Lowella · 118

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