Girl
Lou
Lou means "Germanic hlud (famous) + wig (war)" and comes from Germanic, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It has not kept pace since its 1950s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
EtymologyShort for Louis/Louise
GermanicGermanic "hlud" (famous) + "wig" (war)
Births by decade
1900s
1,345
1910s
2,821
1920s
4,282
1930s
5,495
1940s
5,149
1950s
9,600
1960s
3,451
1970s
1,027
1980s
344
1990s
226
2000s
244
2010s
405
Peaked in the 1950s · 34,389 total U.S. births since 1900