# Lajos (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lajos/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Lajos

- Lajos Koltai, (1946–) Hungarian cinematographer and director
- Lajos Haynald, Catholic cardinal and botanist (1816-1891)
- Lajos Kocsis, association football player (1947–2000)
- Lajos Maszlay, fencer (1903-1979)
- Lajos Rácz, (1952–) Olympic wrestler
- Lajos Bárdos, (1899–1986) Hungarian musician
- Lajos Dunai, association football player (1942–2000)
- Lajos Balthazár, fencer (1921–1995)
- Lajos Grendel, (1948–2018) writer
- Lajos Kovács, association football player (b. 1894)
- Lajos Pósa, (1850–1914) Hungarian writer and poet
- Lajos Walko, (1880–1954) Hungarian politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.