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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |