How Many People Are Named Louella?
people named Louella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 70,865 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,958 babies named Louella in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
266 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of LOU and the popular name suffix ella.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Louella in English. Counting Louella and these spellings together, about 12,570 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Louella in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Louella alive today is about 55 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 16 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Louella first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1932, to 266 babies. In 2025, 146 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Louella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #238, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #1,475.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,475 |
| Best rank | #238 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #436 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Louella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Louella were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 223 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Louella was given 4.9 times as often in Louisiana, 2.7 times in West Virginia and 2.4 times in Mississippi.
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