Lois
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?
As of October 2026, Lois ranked #1670 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #17 in 1930, Nameberry popularity #821.
Editor's take: The name Lois is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "most desirable".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,973 | 101 | 56.5 |
| 2015 | #1,879 | 109 | 61.1 |
| 2016 | #1,751 | 119 | 67.2 |
| 2017 | #1,621 | 134 | 77.6 |
| 2018 | #1,700 | 122 | 71.7 |
| 2019 | #1,693 | 124 | 73.9 |
| 2020 | #1,846 | 106 | 65.6 |
| 2021 | #1,725 | 120 | 73.1 |
| 2022 | #1,690 | 124 | 75.6 |
| 2023 | #1,591 | 132 | 82.3 |
| 2024 | #1,698 | 120 | 74.1 |
| 2025 | #1,670 | 124 | 77.1 |
World rankings
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- Loretta
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Lois on lists
Famous Loiss
- Lois Eleanor Delander
Miss America 1927
- Lois Lenski
American novelist
- Lois Bancroft Long
American 1920s magazine columnist
- Lois Ann Lowry
American novelist
- (Florence) Lois Weber
American actress and film director
- Lois McMaster Bujold
American novelist
- Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud Capps
U.S. Congresswoman from California
- Lois Wilson
American silent film actress
- Lois Collyer (born Madelyn Earle Jones)
American actress
- Lois Johnson
American country music singer
- Lois Elsa Hole
Canadian politician; 15th Lieut. Governor of Alberta
- Lois Duncan
American novelist
- Lois June Nettleton
American actress
- Lois Ada (Goldberg) Lilienstein
Canadian singer of trio Sharon, Lois & Bram
- Lois Ruth Maxwell
Canadian actress
- Loïs Mailou Jones
American painter
- Lois Moran (born Lois Darlington Dowling)
American actress
- Lois Cleveland Chiles
American actress
- Lois Arlene Smith
American actress
- Lois Jane Frankel
U.S. Congresswoman from Florida
- Lois Meredith
American actress
- Lois Gail Lerner
American attorney; former IRS director
- Lois Logan (b. 2012)
daughter of athletes Kenny and Gabby Logan; twin of brother Reuben
Lois in pop culture
- Lois Lane
character in the "Superman" franchise
- Lois Patrice Griffin
character on TV's "Family Guy"
- Lois Whelan
Debra's mother on TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond"
- Lois Harlan
character in "The Gingerbread Man"
- Lois Bailey Flagston
main character in comic strip "Hi and Lois"
- Lois Habiba
character on TV's "Torchwood: Children of Earth"
- Lois Ellington Morgan
Ellen's mother on TV's "Ellen"
- Lois
mother on TV's "Malcolm in the Middle"
- Lois
main character of Margaret Atwood's short story "Death by Landscape"