Holding steady, #8,910 for boys today.
Popularity of Alois since 1880
Babies named Alois per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1918, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Alois's real moment was 1903.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 84 |
| 1890s | 0 | 74 |
| 1900s | 0 | 111 |
| 1910s | 30 | 695 |
| 1920s | 91 | 635 |
| 1930s | 51 | 419 |
| 1940s | 14 | 225 |
| 1950s | 0 | 121 |
| 1960s | 0 | 65 |
| 1970s | 0 | 17 |
| 1980s | 0 | 5 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 | 37 |
| 2020s | 0 | 37 |
Meaning & origin
Alois is a name of Germanic origin that arrived in American records as early as 1880. Its peak year in the United States was 1903, during a period when Germanic and Catholic names were well represented among immigrant families. Since then, the name has steadily declined in usage and now ranks 8,910 as of 2025, with an incidence of 1 in 213,510 births. The trajectory has been stable over recent decades, indicating a small but consistent number of families choosing the name each year. Though no top states are recorded for Alois, its historical use is concentrated in areas with German Catholic heritage.
Alois is a German form of the Latin Aloysius, which itself derives from the Old High German names Alawid or Hluodwig (Louis), composed of elements meaning "famous" and "warrior." The name has historically been common in Catholic regions of Germany and Austria, often associated with Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, a 16th-century Italian Jesuit saint. It saw modest use in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, peaking in 1903.
“Alois” around the world
Where Alois lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
300
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Al, Louie, Weezy
Variants: Aloysius
Sibling names for Alois
Names that share Alois's style, for a brother or sister.
