Lois
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LOH-is
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #420 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,666 for girls
Lois is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 420th for girls in the UK (109 babies) and 1,666th for girls in the US (124 babies).
What does Lois mean?
Greek: biblical Greek name of uncertain meaning
In the New Testament Lois is the grandmother of Timothy; Lois Lane is Superman's love interest.
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Is Lois a girl's or a boy's name?
Lois is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 109 girls in the UK and 124 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lois in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 420th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 109 about 1 in 2,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 109 girls in the UK were named Lois, making it the 420th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 259th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 562 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Lois since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Lois in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 460th in England and Wales, 242nd in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.
Lois in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | #420 |
| 2024 | 132 | #370 |
| 2023 | 162 | #303 |
| 2022 | 133 | #364 |
| 2021 | 183 | #286 |
| 2020 | 199 | #259 |
| 2019 | 215 | #248 |
| 2018 | 268 | #208 |
| 2017 | 327 | #186 |
| 2016 | 326 | #189 |
| 2015 | 398 | #156 |
| 2014 | 443 | #137 |
| 2013 | 443 | #138 |
| 2012 | 508 | #126 |
| 2011 | 527 | #121 |
| 2010 | 493 | #131 |
| 2009 | 521 | #117 |
| 2008 | 562 | #110 |
| 2007 | 534 | #114 |
| 2006 | 490 | #122 |
| 2005 | 430 | #140 |
| 2004 | 416 | #141 |
| 2003 | 388 | #147 |
| 2002 | 414 | #131 |
| 2001 | 385 | #136 |
| 2000 | 373 | #140 |
| 1999 | 426 | #131 |
| 1998 | 455 | #120 |
| 1997 | 443 | #127 |
| 1996 | 383 | #132 |
How popular is Lois in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,666th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 124 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 124 girls in the US were named Lois, making it the 1,666th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,841st. Its busiest year was 1927, with 10,505 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lois in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lois in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #1,666 |
| 2024 | 121 | #1,681 |
| 2023 | 132 | #1,586 |
| 2022 | 124 | #1,684 |
| 2021 | 120 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 106 | #1,841 |
| 2019 | 124 | #1,687 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,692 |
| 2017 | 134 | #1,614 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2015 | 109 | #1,872 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,967 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,047 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 82 | #2,328 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 73 | #2,298 |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,025 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,085 |
| 1999 | 76 | #2,035 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,771 |
| 1997 | 100 | #1,593 |
| 1996 | 94 | #1,623 |
| 1995 | 98 | #1,546 |
| 1994 | 96 | #1,579 |
| 1993 | 91 | #1,650 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,736 |
| 1991 | 109 | #1,449 |
| 1990 | 93 | #1,601 |
| 1989 | 117 | #1,323 |
| 1988 | 120 | #1,238 |
| 1987 | 110 | #1,274 |
| 1986 | 123 | #1,157 |
| 1985 | 129 | #1,118 |
| 1984 | 135 | #1,044 |
| 1983 | 148 | #983 |
| 1982 | 175 | #880 |
| 1981 | 187 | #835 |
| 1980 | 153 | #966 |
| 1979 | 174 | #878 |
| 1978 | 201 | #767 |
| 1977 | 183 | #819 |
| 1976 | 189 | #762 |
| 1975 | 222 | #674 |
| 1974 | 284 | #566 |
| 1973 | 311 | #539 |
| 1972 | 343 | #506 |
| 1971 | 460 | #447 |
| 1970 | 517 | #426 |
| 1969 | 565 | #401 |
| 1968 | 669 | #340 |
| 1967 | 755 | #315 |
| 1966 | 918 | #278 |
| 1965 | 1,204 | #249 |
| 1964 | 1,408 | #231 |
| 1963 | 1,580 | #216 |
| 1962 | 1,783 | #201 |
| 1961 | 2,103 | #183 |
| 1960 | 2,269 | #175 |
| 1959 | 2,485 | #162 |
| 1958 | 2,626 | #154 |
| 1957 | 2,877 | #145 |
| 1956 | 3,225 | #135 |
| 1955 | 3,418 | #124 |
| 1954 | 3,952 | #109 |
| 1953 | 4,219 | #91 |
| 1952 | 4,361 | #86 |
| 1951 | 4,533 | #85 |
| 1950 | 4,504 | #83 |
| 1949 | 4,915 | #73 |
| 1948 | 5,077 | #70 |
| 1947 | 5,717 | #63 |
| 1946 | 5,700 | #55 |
| 1945 | 5,148 | #48 |
| 1944 | 5,529 | #47 |
| 1943 | 6,132 | #43 |
| 1942 | 6,406 | #44 |
| 1941 | 6,105 | #43 |
| 1940 | 6,125 | #38 |
| 1939 | 6,034 | #35 |
| 1938 | 6,502 | #33 |
| 1937 | 6,932 | #29 |
| 1936 | 7,232 | #26 |
| 1935 | 7,990 | #21 |
| 1934 | 8,387 | #20 |
| 1933 | 8,655 | #19 |
| 1932 | 9,519 | #20 |
| 1931 | 9,348 | #20 |
| 1930 | 10,114 | #17 |
| 1929 | 10,295 | #17 |
| 1928 | 10,425 | #18 |
| 1927 | 10,505 | #19 |
| 1926 | 9,816 | #19 |
| 1925 | 9,573 | #18 |
| 1924 | 9,300 | #22 |
| 1923 | 7,814 | #27 |
| 1922 | 6,946 | #35 |
| 1921 | 6,899 | #38 |
| 1920 | 6,560 | #38 |
| 1919 | 5,976 | #40 |
| 1918 | 5,877 | #42 |
| 1917 | 5,485 | #43 |
| 1916 | 5,149 | #43 |
| 1915 | 4,775 | #47 |
| 1914 | 3,432 | #51 |
| 1913 | 2,560 | #59 |
| 1912 | 2,146 | #63 |
| 1911 | 1,508 | #68 |
| 1910 | 1,271 | #76 |
| 1909 | 1,157 | #73 |
| 1908 | 1,023 | #80 |
| 1907 | 899 | #85 |
| 1906 | 799 | #88 |
| 1905 | 763 | #88 |
| 1904 | 727 | #90 |
| 1903 | 664 | #92 |
| 1902 | 594 | #98 |
| 1901 | 488 | #109 |
| 1900 | 577 | #115 |
| 1899 | 415 | #117 |
| 1898 | 466 | #114 |
| 1897 | 457 | #111 |
| 1896 | 388 | #123 |
| 1895 | 311 | #144 |
| 1894 | 308 | #140 |
| 1893 | 260 | #151 |
| 1892 | 242 | #159 |
| 1891 | 206 | #162 |
| 1890 | 175 | #178 |
| 1889 | 154 | #184 |
| 1888 | 120 | #204 |
| 1887 | 129 | #176 |
| 1886 | 116 | #187 |
| 1885 | 105 | #182 |
| 1884 | 84 | #207 |
| 1883 | 76 | #194 |
| 1882 | 64 | #208 |
| 1881 | 53 | #205 |
| 1880 | 53 | #211 |
Names like Lois
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Georgia, Lucy, Alice, Lola, Anna, Martha, Ruby, Mary, Sophie, Lottie, Frances, Cleo
Names related to Lois
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lois: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lois, updated 20 October 2026.