Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lois

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lois
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.9% from peak

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

10,505

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

98.9%

2024

120

All-time

332,830

Lois once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1927, when 10,505 girls were named Lois.

In 2024, only 120 girls were given the name.

Down 98.9% from its peak.

All told, about 332,830 Americans have been named Lois and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.9% from peak

192710,505 girls named Lois

2024120 girls named Lois

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