Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lois

#119 most common girls' name of all time · #224 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#119
Rank overall
#224 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
335,594
Since 2016
1,232
Peak year
1927 #19
Best rank
#17 1929
Girls Boys peak 10,587/yr
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Lois is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 124 124 #1,666
2024 121 121 #1,682
2023 132 132 #1,586
2022 124 124 #1,684
2021 120 6 126 #1,721
2020 106 106 #1,842
2019 124 124 #1,687
2018 122 122 #1,693
2017 134 134 #1,614
2016 119 119 #1,743
2015 109 109 #1,872
2014 101 101 #1,967
2013 78 78 #2,345
2012 94 94 #2,048
2011 72 72 #2,511
2010 70 70 #2,589
2009 80 80 #2,398
2008 85 85 #2,296
2007 82 82 #2,328
2006 87 5 92 #2,207
2005 65 65 #2,607
2004 64 64 #2,591
2003 73 7 80 #2,301
2002 85 85 #2,028
2001 84 84 #2,014
2000 78 6 84 #2,090
1999 76 76 #2,038
1998 88 88 #1,774
1997 100 100 #1,595
1996 94 94 #1,626
1995 98 98 #1,550
1994 96 96 #1,583
1993 91 91 #1,653
1992 85 6 91 #1,740
1991 109 6 115 #1,453
1990 93 8 101 #1,605
1989 117 6 123 #1,326
1988 120 8 128 #1,240
1987 110 13 123 #1,274
1986 123 5 128 #1,157
1985 129 129 #1,118
1984 135 135 #1,044
1983 148 5 153 #984
1982 175 175 #881
1981 187 187 #835
1980 153 5 158 #967
1979 174 174 #878
1978 201 5 206 #767
1977 183 183 #819
1976 189 10 199 #763
1975 222 222 #676
1974 284 5 289 #566
1973 311 8 319 #540
1972 343 5 348 #506
1971 460 10 470 #447
1970 517 9 526 #426
1969 565 7 572 #402
1968 669 8 677 #340
1967 755 5 760 #315
1966 918 10 928 #278
1965 1,204 7 1,211 #249
1964 1,408 13 1,421 #231
1963 1,580 10 1,590 #216
1962 1,783 11 1,794 #201
1961 2,103 8 2,111 #183
1960 2,269 12 2,281 #175
1959 2,485 12 2,497 #162
1958 2,626 7 2,633 #154
1957 2,877 19 2,896 #145
1956 3,225 11 3,236 #135
1955 3,418 12 3,430 #124
1954 3,952 22 3,974 #110
1953 4,219 20 4,239 #91
1952 4,361 15 4,376 #86
1951 4,533 12 4,545 #85
1950 4,504 17 4,521 #83
1949 4,915 21 4,936 #73
1948 5,077 8 5,085 #70
1947 5,717 23 5,740 #63
1946 5,700 19 5,719 #55
1945 5,148 21 5,169 #48
1944 5,529 33 5,562 #47
1943 6,132 36 6,168 #43
1942 6,406 52 6,458 #44
1941 6,105 38 6,143 #43
1940 6,125 37 6,162 #38
1939 6,034 52 6,086 #35
1938 6,502 52 6,554 #33
1937 6,932 44 6,976 #29
1936 7,232 39 7,271 #26
1935 7,990 57 8,047 #21
1934 8,387 65 8,452 #20
1933 8,655 76 8,731 #19
1932 9,519 88 9,607 #20
1931 9,348 78 9,426 #20
1930 10,114 87 10,201 #17
1929 10,295 77 10,372 #17
1928 10,425 76 10,501 #18
1927 10,505 82 10,587 #19
1926 9,816 56 9,872 #19
1925 9,573 67 9,640 #18
1924 9,300 73 9,373 #22
1923 7,814 75 7,889 #27
1922 6,946 61 7,007 #35
1921 6,899 74 6,973 #38
1920 6,560 56 6,616 #38
1919 5,976 76 6,052 #40
1918 5,877 62 5,939 #42
1917 5,485 59 5,544 #43
1916 5,149 72 5,221 #43
1915 4,775 67 4,842 #47
1914 3,432 58 3,490 #51
1913 2,560 47 2,607 #59
1912 2,146 30 2,176 #63
1911 1,508 11 1,519 #68
1910 1,271 15 1,286 #76
1909 1,157 22 1,179 #73
1908 1,023 16 1,039 #80
1907 899 13 912 #85
1906 799 16 815 #88
1905 763 8 771 #88
1904 727 8 735 #90
1903 664 8 672 #92
1902 594 7 601 #98
1901 488 6 494 #110
1900 577 10 587 #115
1899 415 8 423 #117
1898 466 8 474 #114
1897 457 6 463 #111
1896 388 388 #123
1895 311 311 #144
1894 308 7 315 #140
1893 260 260 #152
1892 242 5 247 #160
1891 206 206 #162
1890 175 175 #178
1889 154 154 #185
1888 120 120 #205
1887 129 129 #176
1886 116 116 #187
1885 105 105 #183
1884 84 84 #207
1883 76 76 #196
1882 64 64 #210
1881 53 53 #206
1880 53 53 #211