Lovie
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 90.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 46 births
- Debut · girls
- 14 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,887since 1880
Lovie over time
girlsboys
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 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | — | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,340 | 33 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,704 | 21 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #1,872 | 38 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,617 | 43 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,617 | 40 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,430 | 46 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,352 | 46 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,223 | 55 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,106 | 65 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #925 | 67 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #993 | 61 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #987 | 63 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #876 | 69 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1939 | #925 | 58 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #841 | 67 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #780 | 75 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #912 | 57 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #751 | 79 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #714 | 83 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #790 | 74 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #761 | 77 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #726 | 93 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #735 | 90 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #724 | 95 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #720 | 100 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #702 | 106 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #715 | 106 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #736 | 100 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #692 | 112 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #701 | 109 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #722 | 103 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #715 | 103 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #641 | 117 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #661 | 115 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #657 | 107 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #638 | 112 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #615 | 113 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #601 | 89 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #573 | 79 | — | |
| 1912 | #494 | 93 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #517 | 65 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #480 | 71 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #483 | 60 | — | |
| 1908 | #456 | 62 | — | |
| 1907 | #409 | 75 | — | |
| 1906 | #555 | 40 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #497 | 46 | — | |
| 1904 | #509 | 42 | — | |
| 1903 | #449 | 51 | — | |
| 1902 | #420 | 54 | — | |
| 1901 | #411 | 53 | — | |
| 1900 | #440 | 57 | — | |
| 1899 | #414 | 50 | — | |
| 1898 | #427 | 52 | — | |
| 1897 | #425 | 47 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #396 | 51 | — | |
| 1895 | #471 | 38 | — | |
| 1894 | #409 | 46 | — | |
| 1893 | #422 | 41 | — | |
| 1892 | #391 | 46 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #475 | 29 | — | |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 | — | |
| 1889 | #416 | 34 | — | |
| 1888 | #476 | 27 | — | |
| 1887 | #471 | 22 | — | |
| 1886 | #424 | 26 | — | |
| 1885 | #413 | 25 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #449 | 14 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lovie was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 317 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #6,116)
- 1,853 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #6,116)
- 861 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #6,116)
- Biggest jump: 146 spots in 1907 (#555 → #409)
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1946 (#925 → #1,179)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #391 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 68 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,248
- Highest: 1 in 4,248 girls born in 1907 were named Lovie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #391 in 1892, was only 1 in 4,616 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 17.4% of all girls named Lovie (1,024) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 201 | #413 (1885) | #478 |
| 1890s | 425 | #391 (1892) | #435 |
| 1900s | 540 | #409 (1907) | #463 |
| 1910s | 961 | #480 (1910) | #588 |
| 1920s | 1,024 | #692 (1923) | #716 |
| 1930s | 726 | #714 (1933) | #809 |
| 1940s | 607 | #868 (1940) | #1,054 |
| 1950s | 408 | #1,352 (1950) | #1,611 |
| 1960s | 226 | #1,872 (1961) | #2,707 |
| 1970s | 178 | #2,340 (1971) | #3,843 |
| 1980s | 153 | #4,025 (1982) | #5,015 |
| 1990s | 95 | #5,484 (1992) | #9,033 |
| 2000s | 125 | #6,698 (2002) | #9,051 |
| 2010s | 117 | #6,401 (2016) | #9,973 |
| 2020s | 101 | #5,465 (2022) | #7,036 |
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.
Lovie in 1896
girls
#396
51 births · 1 in 4,665 girls
Top girls' names in 1896
More about 1896
girls
237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 4,665 of them was named Lovie, which outranked 78.3% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).