Luisana
A feminine name of Spanish origin meaning "famous warrior".
Name Census estimates that about 573 living Americans carry the first name Luisana. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Luisana today is around 32 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Luisana births was 1983 (131 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Luisana. 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.
People living today
573
~ 1 in 598,175 Americans
Peak year
1983
131 babies that year
Average age
32
years old
2024 SSA rank
#9,285
Tracked since 1982
Census
Luisana in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,061 people with the first name Luisana, which placed it at #11,902 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
#11,902
National first-name rank
People counted
1.1K
1,061 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
98.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Luisana
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Luisana is Hispanic at 98.1%. The next largest groups are White (1.5%) and Black (0.2%). 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 Luisana 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 Luisana at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino98.1% · 1,041
- White1.5% · 16
- Black or African American0.2% · 2
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.1% · 1
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.1% · 1
Popularity
Luisana: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Luisana from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 352 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1980s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Luisana 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 Luisana during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Luisanas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. California, Texas, Illinois recorded the most babies named Luisana, while New York, Florida, Arizona recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 52 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Luisana
Luisana is a feminine given name with origins tracing back to the Latin language and culture. The name is derived from the Latin word "Ludovicus," which itself is a Germanized form of the Frankish name "Hlodowik" or "Chlodovechus." Hlodowik is composed of the Germanic elements "hlod" meaning "famous" and "wig" meaning "battle" or "warrior."
In its earliest form, the name was borne by Clovis I, the first king of the Merovingian dynasty who united the Franks and converted to Christianity in the late 5th century. As the name spread throughout Christian Europe, it evolved into various vernacular forms such as Louis in French and Ludwig in German.
The feminine form Luisana likely emerged as a Spanish or Italian variant of the name, influenced by the popular French form Louise. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Luisana can be found in the 17th century, when Luisana de Montoya, a Spanish nun and mystic, lived in the early 1600s.
In the 19th century, Luisana Cárcamo was a Chilean poet and author, born in 1830. Around the same time, Luisana Cuervo y Barreda, a Peruvian writer and journalist, was active in the late 1800s.
Notable figures with the name Luisana in the 20th century include Luisana Duarte Blanco, a Venezuelan politician and activist born in 1918, and Luisana Cueva, an Ecuadorian writer and educator born in 1950.
In more recent times, the name gained broader recognition through Luisana Lopilato, an Argentine actress and model born in 1987, who is married to Canadian singer Michael Bublé.
People
Luisana + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Luisana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Luisana: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Luisana?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 573 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Luisana 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 598,175 US residents.
Is Luisana a common name?
We classify Luisana as "Very Rare". It ranks above 85.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 597 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Luisana most popular?
The single biggest year for Luisana was 1983, when 131 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Luisana is about 32 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Luisana in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,061 people with the name Luisana, or 0.35 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #11,902 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 Luisana 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 Luisana?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Luisana appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,068 people counted with this name, 99.4% 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 Luisana?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Luisana is Hispanic at 98.1%. The next largest groups are White (1.5%) and Black (0.2%). 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 Luisana most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Luisana in the 2020 Census, accounting for 98.1% (1,041 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 Luisana in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Luisana a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Luisana 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 Luisana still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Luisana 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 Luisana 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 Americans are named Luisana?
Want to know how many Americans are named Luisana? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.