Given name
Louann
“one who is content and enjoys life”
Louann is a variant of Luana. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is content and enjoys life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Louann is a variant of Luana. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is content and enjoys life.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Louann is a variant of Luana. An origin associated with Luana is Hawaiian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Louann through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,197
- 0 boys · 5,197 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 273 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,841 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,841 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 273 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,434 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Louann
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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