Girl
Lou
Lou is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now.
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