Meaning not yet researched.
Love: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 269 in 2025. Its best rank was #732 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #732 in 2023; #957 in 2025. About 93% of babies named Love in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#957 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #732.
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Love: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 269 girls in 2025. Peak: #732 in 2023 · most girls in one year: 386 (2022).
In 2025, 269 US girls were named Love, making it the 957th most common girls’ name of the year, down 108 places from #849 in 2024. That is 50 fewer than the 319 girls named Love in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #732, reached in 2023. The most girls given the name in a single year was 386, in 2022. For comparison, it was #1,837 in 2015 and #3,837 in 1950.
In 2025, 21 US boys were named Love, making it the 4,804th most common boys’ name of the year, down 525 places from #4,279 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 25 boys named Love in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #585, reached in 1890. The most boys given the name in a single year was 32, in 2022. For comparison, it was #7,832 in 2015 and #3,208 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Love in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 5,785 US babies have been given the name, 83% of them girls and 17% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,995 babies named Love.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,349 US girls were named Love; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 386. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,975 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Love ranked highest in Nevada in 2025, at #569 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Louis (409,317 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lova, Luv and Lovelace are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Old Norse. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lova (426), Luv (197), Lovelace (142), Lowe (100).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Love in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 5 | #569 | — |
| Ohio | 15 | #660 | — |
| Indiana | 9 | #695 | — |
| Arizona | 9 | #725 | — |
| North Carolina | 13 | #755 | — |
| Michigan | 10 | #765 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #779 | — |
| Virginia | 9 | #810 | — |
| California | 36 | #822 | #1,695 |
| Texas | 35 | #852 | #2,004 |
| Washington | 7 | #870 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #901 | — |
| Illinois | 9 | #975 | #1,577 |
| Florida | 14 | #1,091 | #1,433 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,157 | #1,264 |
| New York | 12 | #1,208 | #1,341 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269 | #957 | 21 | #4,804 |
| 2024 | 319 | #849 | 25 | #4,279 |
| 2023 | 384 | #732 | 28 | #3,953 |
| 2022 | 386 | #750 | 32 | #3,583 |
| 2021 | 251 | #1,018 | 21 | #4,713 |
| 2020 | 245 | #1,026 | 14 | #6,168 |
| 2019 | 128 | #1,651 | 12 | #7,019 |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,517 | 9 | #8,570 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,733 | 10 | #7,923 |
| 2016 | 100 | #1,990 | 5 | #13,432 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,837 | 10 | #7,832 |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,669 | 13 | #6,496 |
| 2013 | 141 | #1,552 | — | — |
| 2012 | 112 | #1,817 | 10 | #7,910 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,545 | — | — |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,181 | 12 | #6,938 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,304 | — | — |
| 2008 | 81 | #2,393 | 5 | #13,796 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,449 | 12 | #6,912 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,204 | 6 | #11,504 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,195 | 12 | #6,470 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,053 | 9 | #7,938 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,161 | 10 | #7,045 |
| 2002 | 47 | #3,086 | 5 | #11,774 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,995 | 9 | #7,275 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,658 | 6 | #9,842 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,931 | 10 | #6,325 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,318 | 7 | #8,113 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,051 | — | — |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,524 | 7 | #7,654 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,589 | 6 | #8,458 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,398 | 7 | #7,451 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,884 | 8 | #6,601 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,471 | 6 | #8,047 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,736 | 8 | #6,292 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,255 | — | — |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,786 | 6 | #7,546 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,208 | 6 | #6,927 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,474 | — | — |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,408 | 5 | #7,399 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,544 | 6 | #6,228 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,403 | — | — |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,592 | 6 | #5,937 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,854 | — | — |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,856 | — | — |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,432 | — | — |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,615 | 7 | #5,160 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,581 | 6 | #5,505 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,642 | — | — |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,417 | 7 | #4,726 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,853 | 11 | #3,354 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,584 | 9 | #3,729 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,879 | 7 | #4,335 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,379 | 5 | #5,455 |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,020 | 7 | #4,210 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,376 | — | — |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,321 | — | — |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,682 | — | — |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,246 | — | — |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,239 | — | — |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,114 | 5 | #4,241 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,793 | — | — |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,648 | — | — |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,274 | — | — |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,135 | — | — |
| 1959 | — | — | 5 | #4,344 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,686 | — | — |
| 1954 | — | — | 5 | #4,155 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,057 | — | — |
| 1951 | — | — | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,837 | 7 | #3,208 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,189 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,766 | 6 | #3,598 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,247 | — | — |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,956 | — | — |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,064 | 8 | #2,772 |
| 1943 | — | — | 5 | #3,844 |
| 1942 | — | — | 5 | #3,866 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,225 | 7 | #3,030 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,761 | — | — |
| 1939 | — | — | 10 | #2,380 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,715 | 11 | #2,272 |
| 1937 | — | — | 6 | #3,372 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,028 | 9 | #2,641 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,657 | 10 | #2,494 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,284 | — | — |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,852 | 12 | #2,267 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,707 | 12 | #2,278 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,729 | 9 | #2,916 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,062 | 9 | #2,877 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,892 | 16 | #2,015 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,981 | 9 | #3,058 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,310 | 11 | #2,664 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,710 | 11 | #2,686 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,267 | 18 | #1,938 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,257 | 13 | #2,399 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,889 | 17 | #2,000 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,251 | 13 | #2,452 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,421 | 12 | #2,542 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,913 | 15 | #2,111 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,249 | 11 | #2,636 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,152 | 14 | #2,148 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,844 | 15 | #2,012 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,767 | 14 | #2,029 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,360 | 17 | #1,531 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,845 | 5 | #3,085 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,758 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,506 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,392 | 8 | #1,269 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #993 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,306 | 7 | #1,174 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,467 | 6 | #1,282 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,501 | 8 | #972 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,369 | 7 | #1,046 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,044 | 5 | #1,323 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,516 | — | — |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,938 | 9 | #838 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,414 | — | — |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,514 | 7 | #1,124 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,149 | 6 | #1,076 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,333 | — | — |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,369 | — | — |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,517 | 5 | #1,188 |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,035 | 8 | #831 |
| 1893 | 11 | #939 | 5 | #1,131 |
| 1892 | 10 | #992 | — | — |
| 1891 | 10 | #926 | 5 | #1,059 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,060 | 12 | #585 |
| 1889 | 10 | #874 | 6 | #942 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,095 | 9 | #735 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #800 |
| 1886 | — | — | 9 | #675 |
| 1885 | 8 | #824 | 7 | #810 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #735 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,033 |
| 1880 | 5 | #894 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).