Louise
2025 SSA
About Louise
Louise has for several decades now been seen as competent, studious, and efficient—desirable if not dramatic qualities. But now along with a raft of other L names, as well as cousin Eloise, Louise is up for reappreciation—sleek and chic, stylish in Paris, and starting to become so in the US as well. Louisa is perhaps more in tune with the times, but Louise has more edge. Louise has been on the rise lately, and reentered the US Top 1000 for the first time in a quarter century in 2016.
Louise has been a royal name in several countries, including Denmark, Sweden, France and England: currently Queen Elizabeth has a granddaughter named Louise via her son Prince Edward. It has been a staple on the Top 10 lists in Belgium and France in recent years.
Among her most notable bearers: iconic film actress Louise Brooks and modern sculptors Louise Bourgeois and Louise Nevelson. Louise is the middle name of both Madonna and Meryl Streep, and Louise was the character played by Susan Sarandon in the feminist road movie Thelma and Louise.
And there's also a nature reference—the beautiful Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies. Louise is one of many classic names newly fashionable as one of the trendy girls' names starting with L.
Pronounced loo-EEZ.
As of October 2026, Louise ranked #516 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #17 in 1913, Nameberry popularity #104.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,218 | 201 | 112.5 |
| 2015 | #1,081 | 243 | 136.1 |
| 2016 | #895 | 313 | 176.6 |
| 2017 | #807 | 339 | 196.4 |
| 2018 | #803 | 340 | 199.9 |
| 2019 | #677 | 428 | 255 |
| 2020 | #680 | 417 | 258 |
| 2021 | #651 | 460 | 280.3 |
| 2022 | #639 | 462 | 281.7 |
| 2023 | #585 | 513 | 319.7 |
| 2024 | #540 | 559 | 345 |
| 2025 | #516 | 579 | 360.2 |
World rankings
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Louise on lists
Famous Louises
- Louise of Mecklenburg
Strelitz (born Luise Auguste Wilhelmine Amalie), Queen consort of Frederick William III of Prussia
- Louise of Hesse
Kassel (born Luise Wilhelmine Friederike Caroline Auguste Julie von Hessen,Kassel), Queen consort of Christian IX of Denmark
- Louise of Lorraine
Queen consort of Henry III of France
- Louise of Great Britain
Queen consort of Frederick V of Denmark and Norway; daughter of George II
- Louise Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle of Orléans
Queen consort of Leopold I of the Belgians
- Louise of the Netherlands (born Wilhelmina Frederika Alexandrine Anna Louise)
Queen consort of Charles XV of Sweden and IV of Norway
- Louise Josephine Eugenie of Sweden
Queen consort of Frederick VIII of Denmark
- Louise of Mecklenburg
Güstrow, Queen consort of Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway
- Louise Caroline Alberta of the United Kingdom
Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe,Coburg and Gotha
- Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar
Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife; daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom; granddaughter of Queen Victoria
- Louise Farrenc
French composer, pianist, and teacher
- Louise "Lou" Teasdale
British makeup artist
- Louise de Kerouaille
Duchess of Portsmouth, mistress of King Charles II of England
- Louise Le Brun
French painter
- Louise Fitzhugh
American novelist
- (Mary) Louise Brooks
American dancer and actress
- Louise Bourgeois
French,American sculptor
- Louise van der Vorst
Australian model
- Louise Simonson (born Mary Louise Alexander)
American comic book writer
- Louise Lasser
American actress
- (Estelle) Louise Fletcher
American actress
- (Marie) Louise of France
Duchess of Parma
- Louise Jameson
English actress
- Louise Lombard
English actress
- Louise Thompson
British reality TV personality ""Made In Chelsea""
- Louise "Loo" Brealey
English actress and journalist
- Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
- (Karen) Louise Erdrich
American novelist
- Louise Gold
English singer, actress and puppeteer
- Louise Alexandra Pentland
British beauty vlogger
- Martha Louise
Princess of Norway, daughter of Harald V of Norway
- Aretha Louise Franklin
American musician
- Louise Goffin
daughter of musicians Carole King and Gerry Goffin
- Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten
Windsor (b. 2003), daughter of the Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex; granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II
- Louise Sophie Mary (b. 2004)
Princess of Belgiumouille
- Louise Lynn Hay
American motivational author and the founder of Hay House, she has authored several New Thought self,help books, including the 1984 book, You Can Heal Your Life
- Louise Brown
the world's first human to be concieved via in vitro fertilization
- Louise Canet (b. 2017)
daughter of Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet.
- Louise Post
vocalist of Veruca Salt
Louise in pop culture
- Louise Tate
character on TV's "Bewitched"
- Louise Elizabeth Sawyer
character in movie "Thelma & Louise"
- Louise Grant
character on TV's "Gilmore Girls"
- Louise Belcher
character on animated series "Bob's Burgers"
- Louise Miller
character in movie "Teen Witch"
- Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
character in book/movie "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- Louise Goldufski
character on TV's "The Conners"
- Shannon Louise "Lolly" Allen
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Louise from St. Louis
character in film "Sex and the City"
- Samantha Louise "Lou
" main character on TV's "Heartland"
- Louise Jefferson
character on TV's "The Jeffersons"
- Louise "Lou" Friedman
character in movie "Blended"
- Louise Mitchell
character on British soap opera “Eastenders”
- "Liza and Louise" and "Louise
" songs by punk band NOFX
- "Visions of Johanna
" a song by Bob Dylan contrasts two lovers, the carnal Louise, and "the more spiritual but unattainable" Johanna. Johanna and Louise are objects of desire and yearning. "It is their elusiveness and unreality that's the point."
- "Hey Louise
" song by Neil Diamond (Oh ma cherie, do you know my name?I remember yours and I know what you need / What you need my Louise)
- "Louise
" popular song (Every little breeze seems to whisper Louise / Birds in the trees twitter Louise / Each little rose tells me it knows I love you)
- "Louise du Brésil
" song by Liniker and the Caramelows
- "Louise
" song by Gers Pardoel
- "Louise
" song by Bonnie Raitt
- "Cherokee Louise
" song by Joni Mitchell
- Louise Kendall
character in "My Cousin Rachel"
- Louise Banks
main character in the film "Arrival"
- Louise "Bronte" Flannery
character in series "You"
- Louise
character in “Max & Ruby”