Lovell
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 84.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,412since 1886
Lovell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #6,143 | 14 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,571 | 22 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | — | #4,184 | 25 | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #4,780 | 20 |
| 2020 | — | #4,020 | 25 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,064 | 24 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,782 | 26 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,421 | 19 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,322 | 18 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,423 | 24 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,704 | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,253 | 33 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,373 | 29 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,760 | 37 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,891 | 17 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,598 | 19 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,272 | 22 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,418 | 20 | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | — | #1,510 | 39 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,711 | 30 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,335 | 41 |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,819 | 24 | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #1,637 | 29 |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,326 | 36 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | — | #1,384 | 32 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | — | #1,602 | 25 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,359 | 34 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,265 | 38 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,148 | 45 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,140 | 44 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,154 | 42 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | — | #1,123 | 43 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,094 | 44 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #1,204 | 30 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,018 | 41 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #1,050 | 38 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #1,168 | 31 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #1,109 | 34 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #957 | 43 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | #1,123 | 34 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #1,213 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #946 | 44 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | #1,126 | 36 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #1,128 | 36 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #1,188 | 36 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #1,184 | 36 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 | #1,223 | 35 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #1,039 | 46 |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #939 | 46 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #1,217 | 29 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #986 | 32 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five boys were named Lovell! It came in at #845, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,572 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #6,143)
- 2,123 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #6,143)
- 144 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1911 (#1,193 → #856)
- Biggest drop: 457 spots in 1917 (#939 → #1,396)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · 1886–1937
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,065
- Highest: 1 in 15,065 boys born in 1911 were named Lovell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #845 in 1886, was only 1 in 18,464 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 11.0% of all boys named Lovell (374) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1909
- Mostly girls until 1908, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #845 (1886) | #845 |
| 1890s | 22 | #907 (1893) | #975 |
| 1900s | 47 | #910 (1903) | #1,123 |
| 1910s | 280 | #856 (1911) | #1,088 |
| 1920s | 372 | #1,039 (1922) | #1,174 |
| 1930s | 352 | #946 (1933) | #1,121 |
| 1940s | 367 | #1,018 (1944) | #1,139 |
| 1950s | 374 | #1,094 (1952) | #1,253 |
| 1960s | 309 | #1,282 (1968) | #1,415 |
| 1970s | 315 | #1,314 (1970) | #1,657 |
| 1980s | 231 | #1,760 (1987) | #2,384 |
| 1990s | 253 | #2,253 (1992) | #2,909 |
| 2000s | 187 | #3,423 (2000) | #4,686 |
| 2010s | 178 | #4,064 (2013) | #5,202 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,020 (2020) | #5,036 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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