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
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,525since 1880
Alois over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
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| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,733 | 19 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #1,400 | 23 |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,108 | 35 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #1,156 | 33 |
| 1939 | — | #1,359 | 24 | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #1,199 | 30 |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #949 | 42 | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,011 | 40 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,092 | 36 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #793 | 64 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #765 | 70 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #888 | 56 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #938 | 52 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #872 | 60 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | #931 | 53 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #900 | 56 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #744 | 80 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #791 | 70 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | #855 | 64 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #790 | 73 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #792 | 71 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #677 | 84 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #592 | 106 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #599 | 98 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #562 | 104 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #621 | 86 |
| 1914 | — | #605 | 69 | |
| 1913 | — | #597 | 54 | |
| 1912 | — | #561 | 51 | |
| 1911 | — | #584 | 27 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #663 | 9 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
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 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#127 · 1 in 718
- Minnesota#310 · 1 in 3,152
- New York#385 · 1 in 7,729
- Missouri#420 · 1 in 4,892
- Illinois#500 · 1 in 10,007
Best ever in a state: #101 in Wisconsin, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #127 | 29 | 1 in 718 |
| Minnesota | #310 | 6 | 1 in 3,152 |
| New York | #385 | 11 | 1 in 7,729 |
| Missouri | #420 | 5 | 1 in 4,892 |
| Illinois | #500 | 5 | 1 in 10,007 |
| Texas | #735 | 5 | 1 in 7,926 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #524 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1897–1930
- 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
- 27.5% of all boys named Alois (695) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 84 | #549 (1889) | #687 |
| 1890s | 74 | #524 (1891) | #762 |
| 1900s | 111 | #576 (1903) | #774 |
| 1910s | 695 | #561 (1912) | #615 |
| 1920s | 635 | #744 (1924) | #850 |
| 1930s | 419 | #765 (1930) | #1,041 |
| 1940s | 225 | #1,108 (1941) | #1,582 |
| 1950s | 121 | #1,765 (1953) | #2,371 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,327 (1966) | #3,138 |
| 1970s | 17 | #3,658 (1971) | #3,659 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,262 (1981) | #6,262 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 37 | #7,136 (2018) | #9,854 |
| 2020s | 37 | #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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 135,158 of them was named Alois, which outranked 37.0% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,092Zephyr9
- #3,092Zofia9
- #3,092Zuma9
- #3,344Alois8
- #3,344Abbey8
- #3,344Adalyn8
- #3,344Adolph8
- #3,713Addine7
- #3,713Adene7
- #3,713Adina7
Tied with 368 names at #3,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 9,444 of them was named Alois, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).