The first name Alois
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 4 boys were named Alois, making it the 4,275th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2023, with 8 births (#2,546).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Alois with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Alois at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 8 boys born in the United States were named Alois, the 8,949th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 106 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Alois
66 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alois HitlerAustrian civil servant; father of Adolf Hitler (1837-1903)
- Alois SenefelderGerman actor and inventor of lithography (1771-1834)
- Alois JirásekCzech writer (1851–1930)
- Alois BrunnerAustrian SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator (1912–2010)
- Alois HábaCzech music educator and composer (1893-1973)
- Alois MockAustrian politician (1934-2017)
- Alois RieglAustrian art historian (1858-1905)
- Alois MusilCzech theologian, orientalist and explorer (1868–1944)
- Count Alois Lexa von AehrenthalCzech nobleman (1854-1912)
- Alois EliášCzechoslovak general and politician (1890-1942)
- Alois RiehlAustrian philosopher (1844-1924)
- Alois NegrelliEngineer and railway pioneer from the Austrian Empire (1799-1858)
Questions
- How popular is the name Alois?
- In 2025, 4 boys born in England and Wales were named Alois, ranking 4,275th. Its peak was 2023, with 8 births.
- Is Alois a boy's or a girl's name?
- Both. Of the 2,711 US babies named Alois since 1880, 7% were girls and 93% boys.
- When was Alois most popular?
- 1918 in the United States, when 106 babies were named Alois, its highest rank at 592nd.