Lou
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About Lou
Variation of Emmylou
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,807 | 29 | 16.2 |
| 2016 | #4,207 | 35 | 19.8 |
| 2017 | #4,649 | 30 | 17.4 |
| 2018 | #3,822 | 39 | 22.9 |
| 2019 | #3,757 | 40 | 23.8 |
| 2020 | #3,527 | 43 | 26.6 |
| 2021 | #3,052 | 54 | 32.9 |
| 2022 | #2,772 | 62 | 37.8 |
| 2023 | #2,570 | 69 | 43 |
| 2024 | #2,541 | 70 | 43.2 |
| 2025 | #2,674 | 65 | 40.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Lous
- Lou Henry Hoover
US First Lady as wife of President Herbert Hoover
- Louise "Lou" Hoffner
German pop singer
- Louise "Lou" Andreas
Salomé, Russian psychoanalyst
- Louise "Lou" Teasdale
English hair and makeup artist
- Lou Ann Barton
American singer
- Lou Ann Walker
American memoirist
- Mary Lou Retton
American gymnast
- Mary
Lou Daniels, American tennis player
- Mary Lou Kolbenschlag
American actress
- Betty Lou Gerson
American actress
- Betty Lou Bredemus
American actress; mother of actress Julia Roberts
- Betty Lou Holland
American actress
- Betty Lou Keim
American actress
- Amy Lou Adams
American actress
- Lou Sulola Samuel (b. 2009)
daughter of model Heidi Klum and singer Seal
- Willa Lou Deary (b. 2011)
daughter of actress Keri Russell
- Bowie Lou Bellour (b. 2014)
daughter of designer Rebecca Minkoff and Gavin Bellour
Lou in pop culture
- Lou Ellen
character in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series
- Lou
Ann Poovey, character on TV's "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."
- Lou Ann Ruiz
character in the novel "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver
- Louise Ada "Lou" Beale
character on British soap opera EastEnders
- Lou
character on TV's "Bunk'd"
- Lou Fleming
character in the "Heartland" series by Lauren Brooke
- Louise "Lou" Friedman
character in movie "Blended"
- Cindy Lou Who
character in Dr Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
- "Skip to My Lou"
popular children's song
- Louise "Lou" Jackson
character in TV show Love My Way
- Louisa "Lou" Clark
Main character in "Me Before You" by JoJo Moyes
- Lou Miller
character in "Ocean's 8"
