Lois
Rank in 2025
#1666
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
124
girls 124
Peak year
1929
10,295 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
335,594
since 1880
Born a Lois? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lois was most popular in 1929, when 10,295 babies recorded as girls got the name (9.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 124 babies were named Lois, ranking #1666 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | 1666 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 121 | 1681 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 132 | 1586 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 124 | 1684 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 120 | 1721 | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | 106 | 1841 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 124 | 1687 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 122 | 1692 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 134 | 1614 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 119 | 1743 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 109 | 1872 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 101 | 1967 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 78 | 2344 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 94 | 2047 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 72 | 2511 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 70 | 2589 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 80 | 2396 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 85 | 2295 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 82 | 2328 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 87 | 2206 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 65 | 2607 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 64 | 2589 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 73 | 2301 | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | 85 | 2028 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 84 | 2013 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 78 | 2089 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 76 | 2038 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 88 | 1774 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 100 | 1595 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 94 | 1625 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 98 | 1550 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 96 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 91 | 1653 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 85 | 1740 | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | 109 | 1453 | 6 | 7271 |
| 1990 | 93 | 1605 | 8 | 5823 |
| 1989 | 117 | 1326 | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | 120 | 1239 | 8 | 5200 |
| 1987 | 110 | 1274 | 13 | 3521 |
| 1986 | 123 | 1157 | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | 129 | 1118 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 135 | 1044 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 148 | 983 | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | 175 | 880 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 187 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 153 | 966 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 174 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 201 | 767 | 5 | 5772 |
| 1977 | 183 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 189 | 762 | 10 | 3471 |
| 1975 | 222 | 674 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 284 | 566 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 311 | 539 | 8 | 3694 |
| 1972 | 343 | 506 | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | 460 | 447 | 10 | 3146 |
| 1970 | 517 | 426 | 9 | 3282 |
| 1969 | 565 | 401 | 7 | 3595 |
| 1968 | 669 | 340 | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | 755 | 315 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 918 | 278 | 10 | 2627 |
| 1965 | 1,204 | 249 | 7 | 3244 |
| 1964 | 1,408 | 231 | 13 | 2310 |
| 1963 | 1,580 | 216 | 10 | 2673 |
| 1962 | 1,783 | 201 | 11 | 2504 |
| 1961 | 2,103 | 183 | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | 2,269 | 175 | 12 | 2423 |
| 1959 | 2,485 | 162 | 12 | 2414 |
| 1958 | 2,626 | 154 | 7 | 3275 |
| 1957 | 2,877 | 145 | 19 | 1837 |
| 1956 | 3,225 | 135 | 11 | 2497 |
| 1955 | 3,418 | 124 | 12 | 2302 |
| 1954 | 3,952 | 109 | 22 | 1628 |
| 1953 | 4,219 | 91 | 20 | 1709 |
| 1952 | 4,361 | 86 | 15 | 2010 |
| 1951 | 4,533 | 85 | 12 | 2246 |
| 1950 | 4,504 | 83 | 17 | 1815 |
| 1949 | 4,915 | 73 | 21 | 1616 |
| 1948 | 5,077 | 70 | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | 5,717 | 63 | 23 | 1555 |
| 1946 | 5,700 | 55 | 19 | 1642 |
| 1945 | 5,148 | 48 | 21 | 1445 |
| 1944 | 5,529 | 47 | 33 | 1152 |
| 1943 | 6,132 | 43 | 36 | 1140 |
| 1942 | 6,406 | 44 | 52 | 923 |
| 1941 | 6,105 | 43 | 38 | 1051 |
| 1940 | 6,125 | 38 | 37 | 1067 |
| 1939 | 6,034 | 35 | 52 | 846 |
| 1938 | 6,502 | 33 | 52 | 860 |
| 1937 | 6,932 | 29 | 44 | 942 |
| 1936 | 7,232 | 26 | 39 | 1010 |
| 1935 | 7,990 | 21 | 57 | 822 |
| 1934 | 8,387 | 20 | 65 | 762 |
| 1933 | 8,655 | 19 | 76 | 677 |
| 1932 | 9,519 | 20 | 88 | 644 |
| 1931 | 9,348 | 20 | 78 | 677 |
| 1930 | 10,114 | 17 | 87 | 667 |
| 1929 | 10,295 | 17 | 77 | 705 |
| 1928 | 10,425 | 18 | 76 | 735 |
| 1927 | 10,505 | 19 | 82 | 716 |
| 1926 | 9,816 | 19 | 56 | 894 |
| 1925 | 9,573 | 18 | 67 | 809 |
| 1924 | 9,300 | 22 | 73 | 787 |
| 1923 | 7,814 | 27 | 75 | 755 |
| 1922 | 6,946 | 35 | 61 | 882 |
| 1921 | 6,899 | 38 | 74 | 780 |
| 1920 | 6,560 | 38 | 56 | 923 |
| 1919 | 5,976 | 40 | 76 | 730 |
| 1918 | 5,877 | 42 | 62 | 831 |
| 1917 | 5,485 | 43 | 59 | 833 |
| 1916 | 5,149 | 43 | 72 | 698 |
| 1915 | 4,775 | 47 | 67 | 725 |
| 1914 | 3,432 | 51 | 58 | 667 |
| 1913 | 2,560 | 59 | 47 | 648 |
| 1912 | 2,146 | 63 | 30 | 800 |
| 1911 | 1,508 | 68 | 11 | 1038 |
| 1910 | 1,271 | 76 | 15 | 782 |
| 1909 | 1,157 | 73 | 22 | 558 |
| 1908 | 1,023 | 80 | 16 | 657 |
| 1907 | 899 | 85 | 13 | 735 |
| 1906 | 799 | 88 | 16 | 590 |
| 1905 | 763 | 88 | 8 | 919 |
| 1904 | 727 | 90 | 8 | 874 |
| 1903 | 664 | 92 | 8 | 846 |
| 1902 | 594 | 98 | 7 | 933 |
| 1901 | 488 | 109 | 6 | 943 |
| 1900 | 577 | 115 | 10 | 836 |
| 1899 | 415 | 117 | 8 | 786 |
| 1898 | 466 | 114 | 8 | 804 |
| 1897 | 457 | 111 | 6 | 942 |
| 1896 | 388 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 311 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 308 | 140 | 7 | 857 |
| 1893 | 260 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 242 | 159 | 5 | 1066 |
| 1891 | 206 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 175 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 154 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 120 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 129 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 116 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 105 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 84 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 76 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 64 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 53 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 53 | 211 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years