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
- 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
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 | — | #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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Lovell
- 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)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #845 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · 1886–1937
- 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
- 11.0% of all boys named Lovell (374) were born in this decade
- 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.
Lovell in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 61,431 of them was named Lovell, which outranked 62.2% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,867Yoshie18
- #1,867Zeta18
- #1,867Zilpha18
- #1,949Lovell17
- #1,949Aleda17
- #1,949Altie17
- #1,949Alys17
- #2,028Abby16
- #2,028Alfred16
- #2,028Alliene16
Tied with 78 names at #1,949; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 19,350 of them was named Lovell, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).