Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lou

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lou
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.3% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

1,495

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

95.3%

2024

All-time

34,043

Lou once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 1,495 girls were named Lou.

In 2024, only 70 girls were given the name.

Down 95.3% from its peak.

All told, about 34,043 Americans have been named Lou and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.3% from peak

19541,495 girls named Lou

202470 girls named Lou

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