Love
#955 for girls in 2025, 269 births · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to girls 82.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 384 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,797since 1880
Love over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #955 | 269 | #4,707 | 21 |
| 2024 | #848 | 319 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #731 | 384 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #750 | 386 | #3,533 | 32 |
| 2021 | #1,016 | 251 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #1,023 | 245 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #1,648 | 128 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #1,512 | 144 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #1,721 | 123 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #1,986 | 100 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #1,831 | 113 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #1,665 | 127 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #1,546 | 141 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,807 | 112 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #2,534 | 71 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,167 | 90 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #2,286 | 85 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,380 | 81 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #2,433 | 77 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #3,170 | 49 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #3,033 | 51 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #3,069 | 47 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #2,963 | 48 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #2,588 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | #566 | 12 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Love was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Love
- 107 spots since 2024 (#848 → #955)
- 68 spots since 2020 (#1,023 → #955)
- 876 spots since 2015 (#1,831 → #955)
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 2022 (#1,016 → #750)
- Biggest drop: 428 spots in 1895 (#998 → #1,426)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2023 at #731 (384 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1891–1894
- Highest: 1 in 4,179 girls born in 2023 were named Love (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,975 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 38.6% of all girls named Love (1,854) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1960, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #793 (1885) | #876 |
| 1890s | 79 | #893 (1891) | #1,093 |
| 1900s | 63 | #1,298 (1905) | #1,564 |
| 1910s | 126 | #1,335 (1910) | #1,942 |
| 1920s | 139 | #2,011 (1929) | #2,518 |
| 1930s | 74 | #1,703 (1930) | #3,094 |
| 1940s | 38 | #2,946 (1944) | #4,182 |
| 1950s | 22 | #3,662 (1950) | #4,564 |
| 1960s | 62 | #4,198 (1969) | #5,663 |
| 1970s | 261 | #2,356 (1972) | #2,887 |
| 1980s | 139 | #3,780 (1982) | #5,453 |
| 1990s | 168 | #3,895 (1999) | #6,099 |
| 2000s | 593 | #2,286 (2009) | #2,827 |
| 2010s | 1,149 | #1,512 (2018) | #1,842 |
| 2020s | 1,854 | #731 (2023) | #887 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Love in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
girls
178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 25,517 of them was named Love, which outranked 29.7% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #959Veva8
- #959Zena8
- #959Zennie8
- #1,036Love7
- #1,036Adelina7
- #1,036Adell7
- #1,036Alba7
- #1,136Adra6
- #1,136Aggie6
- #1,136Allice6
Tied with 99 names at #1,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 13,428 of them was named Love, which outranked 40.2% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).