Lovella
- #4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,735since 1888
Lovella over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lovella has never cracked the top 900 here.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 |
| 2024 | #4,039 | 36 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,321 | 30 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,210 | 38 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1920 | #1,233 | 39 |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Lovella! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lovella is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 313 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #4,352)
- 1,315 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #4,352)
- Biggest jump: 557 spots in 1909
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1910
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1909 at #990 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 57 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1909
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,425
- Highest: 1 in 20,425 girls born in 1909 were named Lovella (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 16.4% of all girls named Lovella (284) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 11 | #1,416 (1896) | #1,486 |
| 1900s | 74 | #990 (1909) | #1,343 |
| 1910s | 195 | #1,171 (1910) | #1,531 |
| 1920s | 284 | #1,233 (1920) | #1,589 |
| 1930s | 265 | #1,210 (1930) | #1,489 |
| 1940s | 195 | #1,609 (1944) | #2,071 |
| 1950s | 153 | #2,449 (1958) | #2,953 |
| 1960s | 100 | #3,484 (1967) | #4,554 |
| 1970s | 66 | #4,459 (1974) | #6,559 |
| 1980s | 17 | #9,095 (1980) | #9,777 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,442 (1993) | #13,442 |
| 2000s | 27 | #9,975 (2009) | #12,409 |
| 2010s | 177 | #5,143 (2013) | #7,148 |
| 2020s | 161 | #4,039 (2024) | #4,998 |
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.
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