LOIS is ranked as the 181st most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 357,208.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 112.03 people named LOIS for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named LOIS is 161,153.
The SSA data also shows that LOIS is used as a girl's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
LOIS is
82.0% White,
2.8% Hispanic origin,
12.1% Black,
1.1% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name LOIS have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name LOIS is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Galician masculine given name
English feminine given name
Biblical surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name LOIS
The state with the most people named
LOIS is
California where
32,071 people have this name.
South Dakota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named LOIS, as
236.31 in every 100,000
South Dakotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
South Dakota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name LOIS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
15,444
119.9
99.7%
Indiana
8,863
134.36
99.5%
Iowa
6,409
206.28
99.6%
Kansas
4,304
148.2
99.0%
Michigan
13,016
131.35
99.8%
Minnesota
9,853
180.55
99.7%
Missouri
3,018
100.8
98.9%
Nebraska
3,574
189.96
99.0%
North Dakota
1,665
225.1
98.3%
Ohio
16,213
139.84
99.6%
South Dakota
2,016
236.31
98.5%
Wisconsin
10,393
180.52
99.7%
West States
State stats for the first name LOIS
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
621
84.32
95.1%
Arizona
8,478
125.94
99.4%
California
32,071
82.65
99.8%
Colorado
5,349
99.86
99.2%
Hawaii
759
53.44
98.1%
Idaho
2,389
146.18
98.6%
Montana
1,734
169.37
98.3%
Nevada
2,568
90.45
98.8%
New Mexico
1,832
87.84
98.0%
Oregon
5,728
144.27
99.3%
Utah
3,048
103.56
98.7%
Washington
8,573
121.41
99.7%
Wyoming
811
138.88
96.7%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name LOIS
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have LOIS as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named LOIS.
The most popular full name is LOIS Smith.
0.97% of all the people named LOIS
have this family name.
There are 28602 last
names associated with this first name.