Lois
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lois
The eternal fiancee of Superman turned sweet gray-haired lady who's always available to babysit her grandkids turned....hot new baby name?
True to the Hundred Year Rule, Lois is poised to climb the charts again and reprise its heyday in the 1920s. Its choice by Mrs. America, Ballerina Farm momfluencer Hannah Neeleman, is helping ropel it back into style. In the 1920s, Lois was a Top 20 names. Lois stayed in the Top 50 into the 1940's, but dropped off the list completely in 1983.
Lois is actually a New Testament name of Greek origin: she was converted by Paul and was the grandmother of Timothy, who became one of Paul's disciples. Other s-ending names are making a comeback, as is Iris and Louise, so why not Lois?
Lois is also given to boys.
Pronounced LOH-is.
As of October 2026, Lois ranked #1670 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #17 in 1930, Nameberry popularity #671.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,973 | 101 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,879 | 109 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,751 | 119 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,621 | 134 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,700 | 122 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,693 | 124 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,846 | 106 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,725 | 120 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,690 | 124 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,591 | 132 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,698 | 120 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,670 | 124 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Lois for girls
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Lois.
Lois on lists
Famous Loiss
- Lois Eleanor DelanderGirl
Miss America 1927
- Lois LenskiGirl
American novelist
- Lois Bancroft LongGirl
American 1920s magazine columnist
- Lois Ann LowryGirl
American novelist
- (Florence) Lois WeberGirl
American actress and film director
- Lois McMaster BujoldGirl
American novelist
- Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud CappsGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from California
- Lois WilsonGirl
American silent film actress
- Lois Collyer (born Madelyn Earle Jones)Girl
American actress
- Lois JohnsonGirl
American country music singer
- Lois Elsa HoleGirl
Canadian politician; 15th Lieut. Governor of Alberta
- Lois DuncanGirl
American novelist
- Lois June NettletonGirl
American actress
- Lois Ada (Goldberg) LiliensteinGirl
Canadian singer of trio Sharon, Lois & Bram
- Lois Ruth MaxwellGirl
Canadian actress
- Loïs Mailou JonesGirl
American painter
- Lois Moran (born Lois Darlington Dowling)Girl
American actress
- Lois Cleveland ChilesGirl
American actress
- Lois Arlene SmithGirl
American actress
- Lois Jane FrankelGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from Florida
- Lois MeredithGirl
American actress
- Lois Gail LernerGirl
American attorney; former IRS director
- Lois Logan (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of athletes Kenny and Gabby Logan; twin of brother Reuben
Lois in pop culture
- Lois LaneGirl
character in the "Superman" franchise
- Lois Patrice GriffinGirl
character on TV's "Family Guy"
- Lois WhelanGirl
Debra's mother on TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond"
- Lois HarlanGirl
character in "The Gingerbread Man"
- Lois Bailey FlagstonGirl
main character in comic strip "Hi and Lois"
- Lois HabibaGirl
character on TV's "Torchwood: Children of Earth"
- Lois Ellington MorganGirl
Ellen's mother on TV's "Ellen"
- LoisGirl
mother on TV's "Malcolm in the Middle"
- LoisGirl
main character of Margaret Atwood's short story "Death by Landscape"