Given name & surname
Valois
Valois is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valois through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60
- 0 boys · 60 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1943. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 135 as a first name in 2020; 1,158 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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