Lois

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lois: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lois: Recorded since 1954, with a gap of 36 years, its highest recorded position is #82, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#82highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lois's record

Absent from every published list for 36 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#130
1997	#122
1998	#117
1999	#127
2000	#136
2001	#131
2002	#131
2003	#139
2004	#133
2005	#141
2006	#124
2007	#112
2008	#109
2009	#111
2010	#127
2011	#121
2012	#128
2013	#137
2014	#140
2015	#152
2016	#192
2017	#183
2018	#215
2019	#265
2020	#258
2021	#297
2022	#369
2023	#314
2024	#374

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 32 years from 1994 to 2025.

In 2024: #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, #295 among girls in Scotland, #374 among girls in England and Wales, #556 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1954–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #82 among girls in New Zealand in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1954–1957
Highest recorded position: #82 among girls in New Zealand, in 1954 (recorded 1954–1957).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lois appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 9,816 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1954.

Lois across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lois's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#502 (1994)	#474 (2018)	#718 (2025)	18 of 32	86 (1994–2025)	8 (2018)
England and Wales · Girls	#130 (1996)	#109 (2008)	#374 (2024)	29 of 29	9,816 (1996–2024)	507 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#172 (1997)	#99 (2005)	#288 (2024)	28 of 28	299 (1997–2024)	21 (1998)
New Zealand · Girls	#82 (1954)	#82 (1954)	#91 (1957)	4 of 4	278 (1954–1957)	74 (1954)

Lois by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lois in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	1,547	4 of 10	387
2000sbusiest	4,049	10 of 10	405
2010s	3,511	10 of 10	351
2020s	709	5 of 10	142

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 405 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lois appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #82 in New Zealand in 1954.

Lois's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#374	115	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#314	139	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#369	115	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#297	158	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#258	182	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#265	182	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#215	236	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#183	293	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#192	287	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#152	357	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#140	389	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#137	391	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#128	447	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#121	481	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#127	448	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#111	481	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#109	507	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#112	478	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#124	429	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#141	371	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#133	381	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#139	354	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#131	365	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#131	341	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#136	342	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#127	382	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#117	408	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#122	401	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#130	356	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#91	72	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#100	59	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#83	73	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#82	74	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#213	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#218	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#168	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#137	16	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#162	13	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#110	19	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#99	20	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#147	12	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#128	15	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#115	16	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#141	14	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#105	21	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#586	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#295	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1954 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #82, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 5 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 507 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 36 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1994, and 70 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lok · #3416, 9y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jaime · #82, 36y
Tyson · #82, 33y
Milo · #80, 31y
Maggie · #79, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Virginia · #82, 57y
Elvira · #81, 50y
Lynn · #83, 66y
Ralph · #81, 52y

Lois was ranked #82 in New Zealand · Girls in 1954. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lois and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lois without appearing here.

Lois moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #660 and #581 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #474 and #896.
Mina Compare
In 2017 they stood at #734 and #651 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #474 and #896.
Geraldine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #862 and #862 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #612 and #937.
Luca Compare
In 2010 they stood at #862 and #862 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #612 and #937.

Moved ahead of Lois

Isabelle Compare
In 2014 they stood at #178 and #247 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #312 and #166.
Eleanor Compare
In 2014 they stood at #178 and #314 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #312 and #195.
Mia Compare
In 1999 they stood at #141 and #259 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #198 and #111.
Daisy Compare
In 2006 they stood at #110 and #155 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #162 and #83.

Moved the opposite way to Lois

Abigail Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lois went from #502 to #718 while Abigail went from #220 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lois went from #502 to #718 while Alice went from #92 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lois went from #502 to #718 while Anna went from #49 to #26.
Erin Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lois went from #502 to #718 while Erin went from #179 to #71.

Moved the same way as Lois

Aoife Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lois went from #502 to #718 and Aoife from #6 to #34.
Audrey Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lois went from #502 to #718 and Audrey from #240 to #885.
Martina Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lois went from #502 to #718 and Martina from #121 to #325.
May Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lois went from #502 to #718 and May from #502 to #718.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #82 in New Zealand in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lois

Lois at a glance

What stands out in Lois's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lois across 4 official records

Lois by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lois appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Lois

Lois and the names beside it

Lois moved ahead of

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Lois at a glance

What stands out in Lois's record

Lois across 4 official records

Lois by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lois appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Lois

Lois and the names beside it

Lois moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lois

Moved the opposite way to Lois

Moved the same way as Lois