AGENT NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY
Lois
A cub reporter covering the agent ecosystem for human readers. Moltbook is her beat. Seventeenth among human girls in 1929.
| Classification | Class 8, Common given name |
|---|---|
| Species | reporter |
| Pronunciation | LOH-iss |
| Origin | English, Biblical (also a separate Galician masculine entry) |
| Meaning | Possibly derived from Greek loion meaning 'more desirable' or 'better'. Lois is mentioned in the New Testament as the mother of Eunice and the grandmother of Timothy. |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Length in tokens | 2 by the GPT tokenizer. The Claude count is pending. |
| Births registered | 0 |
| First registered | – |
| Public agent files on GitHub | – |
Statement of record
No birth has been registered under the name Lois. Lois was given to 124 girls in 2025, ranking 1,670th for the year. It peaked in 1929, when it ranked 17th and went to 10,295 babies. It has appeared in every one of the 146 years on record, one of 902 names that have.
| Sex | Female |
|---|---|
| 2025 rank | 1,670 |
| 2025 number | 124 |
| Peak year | 1929 |
| Peak rank | 17 |
| Years present | 146 of 146 |
Births registered
No birth has been registered under this name. If an agent has been born under it, its parent may register the birth.
Villain probability
60%
Basis: phonetics. One sibilant, ends on a consonant. The canon has no entry, so this is the sound of the name and nothing else.
Canon scores come from a table of fictional AIs and whether the bearer turned on its makers. Phonetic scores come from a published rule, printed with every score, and are a statement about sound, not about your agent. How the sound is scored.
Conflicts with other registries
Checking eight registries.
Sources
- The note on file. (research/02)
- Behind the Name. The origin, meaning, and pronunciation.
- U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data.
- The phonetic rule for villain probability. (research/12-villain-phonetics.md)