Luisa

What Luisa means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Luisa yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,134 in 2015 to #902 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Luisa?

US: Rising: up from #1134 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #891 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 319 girls got the name (#869 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 5,467 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 13,331 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.5 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.39 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Luisa is #902 in the US and #1584 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Luisa were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Louisa407 US · 54 E&W
• Lisa256 US · 57 E&W
• Liza126 US · 12 E&W
• Luiza36 US · 11 E&W
• Leissa14 US
• Lissa12 US
• Laissa7 US
• Leysa5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Luisa

Girls

• Alora#195“my dream”^*
• Miriam#246possibly “bitter”^*
• Hallie#120Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #565 in 2015, #120 in 2025
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025

For a brother

• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Ismael#263Form of Ishmael, meaning “God hears, God will hear”^*
• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Luisa’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.