Lousia
Lusia or Lousia was a deme of ancient Attica, of the phyle Oeneïs, sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule. Stephanus of Byzantium notes it was named after a heroine named Lusia, a daughter of Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian.
Meaning & Origin of Lousia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lusia or Lousia was a deme of ancient Attica, of the phyle Oeneïs, sending one delegate to the Athenian Boule. Stephanus of Byzantium notes it was named after a heroine named Lusia, a daughter of Hyacinthus the Lacedaemonian.
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The Story of Lousia
The earliest SSA record of Lousia as a baby girl name dates back to 1886, when 5 babies received it. 1919 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Lousia — #3,817 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Lousia on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Lousia last appeared in the published SSA data in 1970, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lousia
Lousia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Lousia's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #3,817. Use the chart and map above to compare Lousia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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