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
- 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
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 | #6,116 | 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 | — | |
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.
Where Lovie is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#247 · 1 in 1,378
- Georgia#407 · 1 in 4,445
- Louisiana#438 · 1 in 3,766
- Texas#733 · 1 in 8,142
Best ever in a state: #152 in Mississippi, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #247 | 16 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Georgia | #407 | 7 | 1 in 4,445 |
| Louisiana | #438 | 6 | 1 in 3,766 |
| Texas | #733 | 7 | 1 in 8,142 |
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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.
See more about Lovie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #391 (46 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 68 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1942
- 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
- 17.4% of all girls named Lovie (1,024) were born in this decade
- 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 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 18,907 of them was named Lovie, which outranked 81.3% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 100,623 of them was named Lovie, which outranked 45.6% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,050Winthrop12
- #2,050Zeb12
- #2,050Zenas12
- #2,159Lovie11
- #2,159Agapito11
- #2,159Alben11
- #2,159Alcide11
- #2,288Addie10
- #2,288Alpha10
- #2,288Ambrosio10
Tied with 128 names at #2,159; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.