How Many People Are Named Luisa?

12,233

people named Luisa are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 27,939 people in the US has this name

Based on 14,405 babies named Luisa in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,174

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,194

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Peak Year

2022

319 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish, Italian
Pronunciation: LWEE-sa (Spanish), LWEE-za (Italian)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of LUIS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

AlojzijaLouiseLoviseLouisaLoviiseLoviisaAloisiaLuiseLouizaLujzaLudovicaLuigiaLiudvikaRuihaLudwika

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.8%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Luisa (99.8%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Luisa alive today is about 30 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 44 in 2025.

Under 30 6,857
56.1%
30 to 59 3,970
32.5%
60 and over 1,406
11.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Luisa first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 2022, to 319 babies. In 2025, 294 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Luisa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #715, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #903.

Girls
Rank in 2025#903
Best rank#715 (1882)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,072 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Luisa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Luisa were born in California than in any other state: about 2,728 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Luisa was given 3.4 times as often in Texas, 2.2 times in Arizona and 2.2 times in California.

California 2,728
Texas 2,447
New York 1,513
Florida 561
Illinois 400
New Jersey 383
Arizona 368
Massachusetts 270
Colorado 100
Pennsylvania 98
Georgia 98
North Carolina 66
Virginia 63
Washington 62
Connecticut 52
Michigan 47
Maryland 47
Utah 28
Oregon 25
Minnesota 24
New Mexico 23
Nevada 22
South Carolina 21
Tennessee 21
Ohio 20
Indiana 12
Wisconsin 11
Missouri 6

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