Lois Name Popularity

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How popular is Lois?

Ranking 1,693rd in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lois is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Lois has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #17 for the first time in 1929 and as recently as 1930.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1927 with 10,505 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Lois was 53 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lois occurred roughly during the years 1881-1900, 1901-1925, and 2013-2017, whereas 1954-1976, and 2001-2004 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Lois be?

Lois's popularity has been moving upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Lois lately has risen.

The name Lois is still rare but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Lois is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Lois (Girl)		Lois (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		122	1,693	< 5	--
2017		133	1,627	< 5	--
2016		119	1,748	< 5	--
2015		109	1,877	< 5	--
2014		101	1,973	< 5	--
2013		78	2,355	< 5	--
2012		94	2,052	< 5	--
2011		71	2,543	< 5	--
2010		70	2,600	< 5	--
2009		80	2,412	< 5	--
2008		85	2,307	< 5	--
2007		82	2,340	< 5	--
2006		87	2,219	5	13,226
2005		65	2,615	< 5	--
2004		64	2,614	< 5	--
2003		73	2,310	7	9,245
2002		84	2,054	< 5	--
2001		83	2,042	< 5	--
2000		77	2,116	6	9,836
1999		76	2,044	< 5	--
1998		88	1,783	< 5	--
1997		99	1,609	< 5	--
1996		94	1,633	< 5	--
1995		98	1,554	< 5	--
1994		96	1,587	< 5	--
1993		90	1,673	< 5	--
1992		85	1,747	6	8,042
1991		109	1,456	6	7,859
1990		93	1,611	8	6,182
1989		117	1,329	6	7,537
1988		120	1,241	8	5,517
1987		109	1,287	13	3,653
1986		123	1,162	5	7,390
1985		129	1,121	< 5	--
1984		134	1,053	< 5	--
1983		149	982	5	6,892
1982		176	878	< 5	--
1981		187	836	< 5	--
1980		153	971	5	6,865
1979		174	880	< 5	--
1978		202	764	5	6,392
1977		183	820	< 5	--
1976		189	763	10	3,627
1975		222	676	< 5	--
1974		284	568	5	5,689
1973		311	540	8	3,925
1972		343	507	5	5,448
1971		460	447	10	3,282
1970		517	427	9	3,428
1969		565	402	7	3,803
1968		669	341	8	3,264
1967		756	315	5	4,315
1966		918	278	10	2,717
1965		1,204	249	7	3,429
1964		1,409	231	13	2,371
1963		1,580	217	10	2,786
1962		1,783	201	11	2,602
1961		2,103	183	8	3,252
1960		2,270	175	12	2,487
1959		2,485	162	12	2,486
1958		2,623	154	7	3,450
1957		2,874	145	19	1,871
1956		3,221	135	11	2,584
1955		3,422	124	12	2,386
1954		3,953	109	22	1,651
1953		4,220	91	20	1,751
1952		4,362	86	15	2,049
1951		4,534	85	12	2,321
1950		4,503	83	17	1,858
1949		4,914	73	21	1,649
1948		5,076	70	8	2,928
1947		5,720	63	23	1,579
1946		5,699	55	19	1,675
1945		5,147	48	21	1,477
1944		5,530	47	33	1,167
1943		6,132	43	36	1,147
1942		6,404	44	52	926
1941		6,106	43	38	1,064
1940		6,126	38	37	1,087
1939		6,033	35	52	852
1938		6,504	33	52	865
1937		6,932	29	44	950
1936		7,230	26	39	1,023
1935		7,990	21	57	826
1934		8,386	20	64	773
1933		8,653	19	76	681
1932		9,518	20	88	645
1931		9,350	20	78	681
1930		10,114	17	87	670
1929		10,294	17	77	711
1928		10,422	18	76	736
1927		10,505	19	82	717
1926		9,819	19	56	900
1925		9,573	18	67	813
1924		9,299	22	73	790
1923		7,814	27	75	761
1922		6,946	35	61	887
1921		6,899	38	74	785
1920		6,560	38	56	926
1919		5,976	40	76	733
1918		5,877	42	62	835
1917		5,485	43	59	838
1916		5,149	43	72	705
1915		4,775	47	67	727
1914		3,432	51	58	670
1913		2,561	59	47	656
1912		2,146	63	30	810
1911		1,508	68	11	1,091
1910		1,271	76	15	807
1909		1,157	73	22	566
1908		1,023	80	16	672
1907		899	85	13	764
1906		799	88	16	605
1905		763	88	8	975
1904		727	90	8	930
1903		664	92	8	883
1902		594	98	7	986
1901		488	109	6	1,010
1900		577	115	10	880
1899		415	117	8	832
1898		466	114	8	853
1897		457	111	6	1,017
1896		388	123	< 5	--
1895		311	144	< 5	--
1894		308	140	7	917
1893		260	152	< 5	--
1892		242	160	5	1,178
1891		206	162	< 5	--
1890		175	178	< 5	--
1889		154	185	< 5	--
1888		120	206	< 5	--
1887		129	176	< 5	--
1886		116	187	< 5	--
1885		105	183	< 5	--
1884		84	207	< 5	--
1883		76	195	< 5	--
1882		64	211	< 5	--
1881		53	205	< 5	--
1880		53	211	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.