Elouise
A feminine name of French origin meaning "highly renowned warrior".
Name Census estimates that about 4,328 living Americans carry the first name Elouise. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Elouise today is around 41 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Elouise births was 1924 (277 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Elouise. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Elouise with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
4.3K
~ 1 in 79,195 Americans
Peak year
1924
277 babies that year
Average age
41
years old
1924 SSA rank
#972
Tracked since 1889
Census
Elouise in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 3,567 people with the first name Elouise, which placed it at #4,984 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#4,984
National first-name rank
People counted
3.6K
3,567 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
45.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Elouise
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Elouise is White at 45.1%. The next largest groups are Black (40.9%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (5.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Elouise described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Elouise at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White45.1% · 1,608
- Black or African American40.9% · 1,458
- American Indian and Alaska Native5.0% · 180
- Hispanic or Latino4.6% · 164
- Two or more races3.6% · 128
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.8% · 29
Gender
Gender distribution for Elouise
Out of the 11,057 babies given the name Elouise since 1880, 100.0% were registered as female. The name sits firmly on the female side of the spectrum, with only a handful of male registrations across the entire dataset.
Elouise as a male name
- Ranked #4,536 in 1924
- 5 male births in 1924
- Peak: 1924 (5 births)
Elouise as a female name
- Ranked #972 in 2024
- 266 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2023 (274 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Elouise appears almost entirely female. Of the 3,566 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male.
Popularity
Elouise: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Elouise from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 15 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 2,394 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1920s peak, Elouise remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Elouise by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Elouise during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Elouises live
The SSA's state-level files cover 36 states and territories. South Carolina, Louisiana, Florida recorded the most babies named Elouise, while South Dakota, Massachusetts, New Jersey recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 217 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Elouise
The name Elouise originates from the French language and has its roots in the Germanic name Alodia or Alodis, which was derived from the word "hlod" meaning "famous in battle". This name gained popularity during the Middle Ages in France and surrounding regions.
The earliest recorded use of the name Elouise can be traced back to the late 12th century, when it was mentioned in various French texts and records. One of the earliest known bearers of this name was Elouise de Segrie, a noblewoman from the Burgundy region of France in the 13th century.
During the medieval period, the name was also associated with religious figures, such as Elouise de Montfort, a 13th-century French abbess and mystic. Her writings and teachings contributed to the spread of the name among the Christian faithful.
As the name Elouise spread across Europe, it was occasionally adapted to different spellings, such as Eloise or Eloisa, reflecting the linguistic and cultural influences of various regions. One notable bearer of this name was Eloisa, a 12th-century French nun and scholar, whose tragic love story with Peter Abelard became a renowned literary work.
In the later centuries, the name continued to be used, though less commonly. Notable historical figures include Elouise Boor (1880-1954), an American writer and educator, and Elouise Cobell (1945-2011), a prominent Native American activist and leader of the Blackfeet Nation.
Other notable individuals with the name Elouise include Elouise Pepion Cobell (1945-2011), a Blackfeet Nation activist who fought for the rights of Native Americans; Elouise Westbrook (1892-1981), an American social worker and philanthropist; Elouise Cobell (1982-present), an actress and model of Blackfeet and Inupiaq descent; and Elouise Elliott (1898-1974), an American writer and journalist.
People
Elouise + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Elouise as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Elouise: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Elouise?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 4,328 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Elouise going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 79,195 US residents.
Is Elouise a common name?
We classify Elouise as "Rare". It ranks above 96.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 11,057 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Elouise most popular?
The single biggest year for Elouise was 1924, when 277 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Elouise is about 41 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Elouise in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 3,567 people with the name Elouise, or 1.18 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #4,984 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Elouise in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Elouise?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Elouise appears almost entirely female. Of the 3,566 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Elouise?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Elouise is White at 45.1%. The next largest groups are Black (40.9%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (5.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Elouise most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Elouise in the 2020 Census, accounting for 45.1% (1,608 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Elouise in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Elouise a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Elouise in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Elouise still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Elouise in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Elouise can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Elouise?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.