Lou in California
Babies in California
1,073
since 1916
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
#1,998
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1928
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Lou in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,998 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,189 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,793 | 10 | 1,605 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,838 | 11 | 1,545 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,807 | 19 | 1,101 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,036 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,844 | 11 | 1,529 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,852 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,267 | 7 | 2,037 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2,970 | 6 | 2,284 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,005 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 7 | 2,026 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,733 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 2,063 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,836 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,372 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,301 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,216 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 7 | 1,136 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,333 |
| 1977 | 5 | 2,036 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 5 | 1,155 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | 1,892 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 1,832 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 6 | 1,567 | 5 | 1,093 |
| 1967 | 5 | 1,660 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 1,266 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 11 | 1,026 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 11 | 1,043 | 10 | 751 |
| 1963 | 21 | 721 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 17 | 803 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 10 | 1,069 | 8 | 821 |
| 1960 | 14 | 876 | 9 | 766 |
| 1959 | 20 | 687 | 8 | 783 |
| 1958 | 26 | 590 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 22 | 641 | 9 | 710 |
| 1956 | 36 | 450 | 5 | 919 |
| 1955 | 33 | 447 | 5 | 910 |
| 1954 | 41 | 384 | 9 | 665 |
| 1953 | 53 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 20 | 530 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 12 | 693 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 19 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 20 | 490 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 21 | 479 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 22 | 469 | 8 | 605 |
| 1946 | 23 | 428 | 5 | 710 |
| 1945 | 14 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 18 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 9 | 622 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 12 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 9 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 12 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 17 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 17 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 17 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 15 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 13 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 10 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 15 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 8 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 11 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 7 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 18 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 11 | 392 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | 541 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 6 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 5 | 356 |