Luiza
Luiza is a feminine given name, most commonly found in the Greek, Albanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian languages.
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Luiza
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Luiza is a feminine given name, most commonly found in the Greek, Albanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian languages.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
The Story of Luiza
Luiza first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1928, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2023: 61 births, good for #2,783 nationwide. About 31% of every Luiza on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Luiza ranks #2,956 for baby girls with 56 births, rising sharply (+25% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Luiza
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Luiza. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Luísa
Names that sound like Luiza
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About the name Luiza
Luiza is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1928 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Luiza's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #2,783. Use the chart and map above to compare Luiza'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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