Alois

Last seen for girls in 1944 at #3,687 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 93.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#524
1891 · 12 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,525
since 1880

Alois over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #2,308, 1924peak #524, 1891girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#8,9108
2024—#10,9386
2023—#9,7637
2022—#8,3009
2021—#9,7147
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2019—#8,2159
2018—#7,13611
2017—#9,6967
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2015—#12,0865
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1981—#6,2625
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1975—#3,6599
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1971—#3,6588
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1969—#3,3148
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1966—#2,32712
1965—#3,2447
1964—#3,2827
1963—#3,3187
1962—#4,0335
1961—#2,9009
1960—#2,68510
1959—#2,66310
1958—#3,0338
1957—#2,37512
1956—#2,26313
1955—#2,7649
1954—#2,11414
1953—#1,76519
1952—#2,25112
1951—#2,36711
1950—#2,11113
1949—#2,12313
1948—#2,21812
1947—#1,73319
1946—#1,94914
1945—#1,49420
1944#3,6877#1,40023
1943—#1,36826
1942—#1,26830
1941—#1,10835
1940#3,5037#1,15633
1939—#1,35924
1938#2,73010#1,19930
1937—#1,14833
1936—#94942
1935#2,9269#1,01140
1934#4,2865#1,09236
1933#4,2185#1,07837
1932#3,9016#79364
1931#2,9729#1,01543
1930#3,6587#76570
1929#3,6827#88856
1928#3,1649#93852
1927#3,5618#87260
1926#3,2699#93153
1925#4,0287#90056
1924#2,30816#74480
1923#2,91711#79170
1922#4,0117#85564
1921#3,4009#79073
1920#3,5988#79271
1919#4,8145#67784
1918#4,8095#592106
1917#3,3448#59998
1916#3,9196#562104
1915#3,7956#62186
1914—#60569
1913—#59754
1912—#56151
1911—#58427
1910—#75516
1909—#89311
1908—#77912
1907—#66415
1906—#64014
1905—#9198
1904—#72311
1903—#57615
1902—#8628
1901—#7798
1900—#9029
1899—#58312
1898—#7449
1897—#61512
1896—#1,1015
1895—#9786
1894—#9546
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1892—#59712
1891—#52412
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1889—#54912
1888—#8157
1887—#6798
1886—#6479
1885—#7657
1884—#6639
1883—#6778
1882—#6918
1881—#7816
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alois was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Alois is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedILWisconsin: #299 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,958 boysWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedHITexas: #586 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,574 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Alois, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#299 · 1 in 4,958
  2. Texas#586 · 1 in 6,574

Best ever in a state: #101 in Wisconsin, 1910.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#29951 in 4,958
Texas#58691 in 6,574
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alois
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 2,028 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,910)
  • 3,176 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 486 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #615)
  • Biggest drop: 319 spots in 1900 (#583 → #902)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #524 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1897–1930
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,949
  • Highest: 1 in 7,949 boys born in 1903 were named Alois (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #524 in 1891, was only 1 in 8,433 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 27.5% of all boys named Alois (695) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s84#549 (1889)#687
1890s74#524 (1891)#762
1900s111#576 (1903)#774
1910s695#561 (1912)#615
1920s635#744 (1924)#850
1930s419#765 (1930)#1,041
1940s225#1,108 (1941)#1,582
1950s121#1,765 (1953)#2,371
1960s65#2,327 (1966)#3,138
1970s17#3,658 (1971)#3,659
1980s5#6,262 (1981)#6,262
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s37#7,136 (2018)#9,854
2020s37#8,300 (2022)#9,525

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alois in 1938

girls
#2,730
10 births · 1 in 110,346 girls
boys
#1,199
30 births · 1 in 36,972 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #2,730Alois10

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #1,199Alois30
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 110,346 of them was named Alois, which outranked 45.3% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alois
  1. #2,579Zara11
  2. #2,579Zenaida11
  3. #2,579Zina11
  4. #2,730Alois10
  5. #2,730Adair10
  6. #2,730Adelaida10
  7. #2,730Adline10
  8. #2,940Adah9
  9. #2,940Agapita9
  10. #2,940Aimee9

Tied with 209 names at #2,730; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 36,972 of them was named Alois, which outranked 70.3% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alois
  1. #1,171Verle31
  2. #1,171Vernie31
  3. #1,171Zack31
  4. #1,199Alois30
  5. #1,199Ann30
  6. #1,199Benson30
  7. #1,199Eusebio30
  8. #1,221Anastacio29
  9. #1,221Arne29
  10. #1,221Blas29

Tied with 21 names at #1,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,314Dion#2,197 → #883
  2. ↑ 448Tex#1,212 → #764
  3. ↑ 425Lonny#1,233 → #808
  4. ↑ 401Gonzalo#1,180 → #779
  5. ↑ 383Lance#722 → #339
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Worth#1,000 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 528Estel#869 → #1,397
  3. ↓ 492Milburn#845 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 412Lonzo#835 → #1,247
  5. ↓ 405Joy#932 → #1,337

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1938 →