Lovey
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 859since 1883
Lovey over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lovey 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 | #5,554 | 22 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Lovey! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 9,739 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #5,554)
- 771 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #5,554)
- Biggest drop: 428 spots in 1895 (#998 → #1,426)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #920 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1894
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,292
- Highest: 1 in 22,292 girls born in 1894 were named Lovey (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #920 in 1883, was only 1 in 22,464 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 15.8% of all girls named Lovey (136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 20 | #920 (1883) | #1,082 |
| 1890s | 37 | #998 (1894) | #1,406 |
| 1900s | 62 | #1,076 (1903) | #1,488 |
| 1910s | 108 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,315 |
| 1920s | 136 | #1,847 (1925) | #2,635 |
| 1930s | 91 | #1,934 (1930) | #3,179 |
| 1940s | 69 | #2,572 (1940) | #3,813 |
| 1950s | 58 | #3,827 (1959) | #4,681 |
| 1960s | 33 | #4,546 (1961) | #5,947 |
| 1970s | 23 | #6,558 (1972) | #8,570 |
| 1980s | 38 | #6,789 (1980) | #7,948 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,430 (1994) | #13,430 |
| 2000s | 40 | #11,417 (2006) | #13,828 |
| 2010s | 61 | #9,736 (2019) | #12,887 |
| 2020s | 78 | #5,554 (2025) | #9,131 |
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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