Is Elois a boy or girl name?

Elois is a girl’s name. Of the 2,652 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.6% were girls and 0.4% were boys.

Elois

Recorded 1895–1976 · United States

Elois was most popular in 1927, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,495 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,652 people named Elois.

Elois over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elois’s peak in 1927. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elois a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elois is a girl’s name — 99.6% of the 2,652 Americans given it were girls and 0.4% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Elois

Where Elois is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org