Unisex name · since 1880
Alois
Alois has 2,525 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,852 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,913 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,525
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
2,525 babies have been named Alois since 1880, making it today's #8913 unisex name.
Alois has 2,525 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8913 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of boys, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,852 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,913 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,525 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alois ranks #2,852 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,913 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,525 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,852 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,913 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,525
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Alois's 2,525 recorded births place it above 93.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Wisconsin.
How Alois compares
2,525 Top 19% higher than 81% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alois's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alois | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,525 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 106 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alois's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alois's full recorded timeline at 1931, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1896, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 106 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alois popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 106
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Alois popularity over time - girls
186 total births recorded since 1915 (Alois as girls' name)
Alois by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (695 births, 28% of the file).
1910s was Alois's strongest decade.
695 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Alois births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 84
1880s
84 births
- 1890s 74
1890s
74 births
- 1900s 111
1900s
111 births
- 1910s
1910s
695 births
- 1920s
1920s
635 births
- 1930s
1930s
419 births
- 1940s 225
1940s
225 births
- 1950s 121
1950s
121 births
- 1960s 65
1960s
65 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s 37
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 695 births (28% of all-time use).
How Alois compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Alois's total volume
Alois by state
Where Alois concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 454 | 18.0% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 156 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 142 | 5.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 126 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 86 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 72 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 58 | 2.3% |
| #8 | North Dakota | | 15 | 0.6% |
454 of 2,525 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Alois appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alois's data
- Alois's decade-level peak was the 1910s (695 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Wisconsin records the most Aloiss (454 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Wisconsin names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alois: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alois draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.