Lovely
- #2,214 for girls in 2025, 83 births
- Last seen for boys in 1936 at #2,854
- Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 104 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,385since 1918
Lovely over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lovely has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #2,214 | 83 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,080 | 92 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,903 | 104 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,034 | 95 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,345 | 77 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,441 | 71 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,070 | 91 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,438 | 73 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,487 | 72 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,798 | 61 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,590 | 69 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,267 | 82 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,286 | 82 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,014 | 56 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,274 | 84 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,244 | 87 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,366 | 45 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
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| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five girls were named Lovely! It came in at #4,291, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lovely is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Ohio#1,134 · 1 in 6,753
- New York#2,075 · 1 in 15,666
- Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352
- Texas#2,210 · 1 in 17,838
- California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
Best ever in a state: #662 in Oklahoma, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| Texas | #2,210 | 9 | 1 in 17,838 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
Holding steady
- 134 spots since 2024 (#2,080 → #2,214)
- 227 spots since 2020 (#2,441 → #2,214)
- 376 spots since 2015 (#2,590 → #2,214)
Rise & fade · girls
105 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2023 at #1,903 (104 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,429
- Highest: 1 in 15,429 girls born in 2023 were named Lovely (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,365 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 31.1% of all girls named Lovely (741) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 14 | #3,452 (1919) | #3,872 |
| 1920s | 42 | #3,564 (1926) | #4,048 |
| 1930s | 29 | #3,434 (1937) | #3,930 |
| 1940s | 42 | #2,999 (1949) | #4,115 |
| 1950s | 49 | #3,696 (1957) | #4,395 |
| 1960s | 25 | #4,773 (1960) | #5,763 |
| 1970s | 88 | #3,777 (1978) | #5,525 |
| 1980s | 159 | #3,645 (1986) | #4,875 |
| 1990s | 241 | #3,497 (1998) | #4,447 |
| 2000s | 433 | #2,244 (2009) | #3,591 |
| 2010s | 741 | #2,070 (2019) | #2,473 |
| 2020s | 522 | #1,903 (2023) | #2,170 |
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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