Louisiana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loo-ee-zee-AN-uh
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
Louisiana is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies).
What does Louisiana mean?
French: from the US state, named after Louis XIV
From the US state, named La Louisiane in 1682 in honour of King Louis XIV of France.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Louisiana a girl's or a boy's name?
Louisiana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Louisiana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Louisiana, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Louisiana of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Louisiana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Louisiana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
Nicknames for Louisiana
Names like Louisiana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Matilda, Ada, Rosa, Lottie, Leonora, Clara, Cora, Etta, Flora, Mabel, Eva
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Louisiana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/louisiana, updated 20 October 2026.