Elois

Last seen for girls in 1976 at #8,156 · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #4,210
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1935 · 75 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,642
since 1895

Elois over time

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Rank among girls' names. Elois has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #779, 1935girls
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First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Elois! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1895–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Elois is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedMOKentucky: #403 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,901 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,093 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #470 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,754 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedLAMississippi: #316 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,209 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedHITexas: #763 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,505 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Elois, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#316 · 1 in 2,209
  2. Kentucky#403 · 1 in 3,901
  3. Oklahoma#470 · 1 in 4,754
  4. North Carolina#490 · 1 in 7,093
  5. Texas#763 · 1 in 8,505

Best ever in a state: #281 in Florida, 1927.

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Mississippi#316101 in 2,209
Kentucky#40371 in 3,901
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See more about Elois
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
  • Biggest jump: 138 spots in 1935 (#917 → #779)
  • Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1943 (#968 → #1,251)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1935 at #779 (75 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1924–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,981
  • Highest: 1 in 13,981 girls born in 1935 were named Elois (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,183 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 24.1% of all girls named Elois (637) were born in this decade
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,592 (1895)#1,592
1900s26#1,821 (1907)#1,958
1910s280#954 (1919)#1,329
1920s622#856 (1927)#947
1930s637#779 (1935)#868
1940s536#968 (1942)#1,120
1950s390#1,339 (1951)#1,688
1960s135#2,246 (1960)#3,797
1970s11#8,156 (1976)#8,466

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

Elois in 1930

girls
#856
70 births · 1 in 16,085 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #856Elois70
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 16,085 of them was named Elois, which outranked 83.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elois
  1. #847Sonja71
  2. #847Tressie71
  3. #847Zula71
  4. #856Elois70
  5. #856Ardella70
  6. #856Maud70
  7. #859Albina69
  8. #859Almeda69
  9. #859Annabell69

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930 →