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Lois
Pronounced /ˈləʊ.ɪs/
Rank in 2024
#1,691
Born in 2024
120
Peak year
1927 · #19
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 120 girls were named Lois, about 1 in every 13,443.
- It peaked in 1927 with 10,505 babies, ranked #19.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 332,830 girls have been named Lois since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lois per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 5.5Greatest1901–27
- 6.6Silent1928–45
- 1.9Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 112,706 babies, 5.51 per 1,000. Silent: 136,878 babies, 6.62 per 1,000. Boomers: 66,754 babies, 1.86 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,149 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,912 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,283 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,389 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Λωΐς (Lōḯs), of obscure meaning. Unrelated to Louise or Louisa.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈləʊ.ɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lois, CC BY-SA 4.0.