Elouise
Elouise was the 788th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 344 babies. Its best year was 1933, when it ranked 421st; the most babies were born in 2025 (344). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,014 places. More babies were named Elouise in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Meaning whole, healthy + wood (via Eloise) · Germanic, French
Say it EL-oh-weez /ˈɛloʊwiz/
- Rank in 2025
- #788 girls, up 536 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 344girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025344 babies
- Total since 1880
- 11,403babies recorded
What does the name Elouise mean?
Elouise is a spelling of Eloise shaped by the name Louise, according to Wiktionary. Eloise comes from the medieval French Héloïse, which DMNES derives from Germanic elements meaning "whole, healthy" and "wood"; DMNES finds forms of the name in England from 1189. The best-known bearer of the older name is Héloïse, the 12th-century French scholar and abbess.
heil (Old High German, “whole, healthy”)witu (Old High German, “wood”)
How sure is this? Probable. Elouise is a variant; the Germanic elements of Eloise are given by DMNES, and the name is sometimes confused with Louise.
Related names: Eloise, Heloise, Louise, Elle.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean tree.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Elouise', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Eloise', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
Nicknames for Elouise
The usual nicknames for Elouise are Ellie and Lou. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Elouise in the last five years, 2254 were named Ellie, against 37905 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellie · also for Elisa, Eliora, Eleanor | Modern | #24 | 30,119 |
| Lou · also for Lewis, Eloise, Louis | Modern | #2,674 | 321 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Elouises go by each one.
Elouise popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1924.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #788 | 344 |
| 2020 | #1,324 | 167 |
| 2010 | #4,330 | 34 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #6,950 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,626 | 17 |
| 1960 | #1,604 | 49 |
| 1950 | #738 | 136 |
| 1940 | #549 | 157 |
| 1930 | #428 | 242 |
| 1920 | #456 | 220 |
| 1910 | #727 | 34 |
| 1900 | #1,022 | 14 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Elouise, counting every spelling?
Elouise is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #758 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #788 for Elouise on its own. Together these spellings went to 363 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elouise | 344 | #788 | 1,336 |
| Ellouise | 19 | #6,184 | 91 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Elouise?
344 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Elouise (0.10 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Elouise born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 24 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Elouise.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Elouise?
About 5,100 people born in the US named Elouise are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 5 and 78. That makes Elouise mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Elouise by state
How common Elouise was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wisconsin (2.9×), Minnesota (2.5×), Indiana (2.3×), Iowa (2.1×), Ohio (2.0×). In 17 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Elouise: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Elouise, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Elouise · Sibling names for Elouise
Questions about the name Elouise
What does Elouise mean?
Elouise means “whole, healthy + wood (via Eloise)” (Germanic, French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Elouise?
Elouise was the 788th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 344 babies. Its best year was 1933, when it ranked 421st; the most babies were born in 2025 (344). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,014 places. More babies were named Elouise in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Elouise a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Elouise in the US.
Where is Elouise most popular?
In 2021–2025, Elouise was most common in Wisconsin (0.48 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Dakota and Minnesota.