Meaning not yet researched.
Lovell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 14 in 2025. Its best rank was #880 in 1911.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #880 in 1911; #6,316 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lovell in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,316 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1911, at #880.
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Lovell: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 14 boys in 2025. Peak: #880 in 1911 · most boys in one year: 46 (1949).
In 2025, 14 US boys were named Lovell, making it the 6,316th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1,669 places from #4,647 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 22 boys named Lovell in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #880, reached in 1911. The most boys given the name in a single year was 46, in 1949. For comparison, it was #6,170 in 2015 and #1,281 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Lovell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,581, reached in 1912. The most girls given the name in a single year was 24, in 1924. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #5,051 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lovell in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1886 with 6 babies. In all, 4,044 US babies have been given the name, 16% of them girls and 84% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 539 babies named Lovell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 183 US boys were named Lovell; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 25. In 2025 that was about 1 in 122,005 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Lovelle, Lovel and Luvell 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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lovelle (233), Lovel (103), Luvell (10), Loval (5).
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 Lovell in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 14 | #6,316 |
| 2024 | — | — | 22 | #4,647 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,466 | 13 | #6,755 |
| 2022 | — | — | 25 | #4,246 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,541 | 20 | #4,871 |
| 2020 | — | — | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2019 | — | — | 15 | #5,996 |
| 2018 | — | — | 18 | #5,233 |
| 2017 | — | — | 15 | #5,960 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,803 | 16 | #5,689 |
| 2015 | — | — | 14 | #6,170 |
| 2014 | — | — | 21 | #4,636 |
| 2013 | — | — | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2012 | — | — | 15 | #5,882 |
| 2011 | — | — | 17 | #5,343 |
| 2010 | — | — | 23 | #4,317 |
| 2009 | — | — | 16 | #5,722 |
| 2008 | — | — | 14 | #6,281 |
| 2007 | — | — | 23 | #4,313 |
| 2006 | — | — | 26 | #3,855 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #6,088 |
| 2004 | — | — | 19 | #4,524 |
| 2003 | — | — | 19 | #4,362 |
| 2002 | — | — | 18 | #4,427 |
| 2001 | — | — | 15 | #5,051 |
| 2000 | — | — | 24 | #3,488 |
| 1999 | — | — | 20 | #3,783 |
| 1998 | — | — | 19 | #3,797 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,128 | 20 | #3,541 |
| 1996 | — | — | 26 | #2,882 |
| 1995 | — | — | 24 | #2,988 |
| 1994 | — | — | 31 | #2,475 |
| 1993 | — | — | 25 | #2,837 |
| 1992 | — | — | 33 | #2,280 |
| 1991 | — | — | 26 | #2,655 |
| 1990 | — | — | 29 | #2,410 |
| 1989 | — | — | 25 | #2,583 |
| 1988 | — | — | 21 | #2,738 |
| 1987 | — | — | 37 | #1,777 |
| 1986 | — | — | 17 | #2,958 |
| 1985 | — | — | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1984 | — | — | 29 | #1,919 |
| 1983 | — | — | 22 | #2,315 |
| 1982 | — | — | 21 | #2,390 |
| 1981 | — | — | 20 | #2,462 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,789 | 20 | #2,495 |
| 1979 | — | — | 39 | #1,519 |
| 1978 | — | — | 34 | #1,637 |
| 1977 | — | — | 34 | #1,629 |
| 1976 | — | — | 30 | #1,729 |
| 1975 | — | — | 20 | #2,260 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,579 | 41 | #1,345 |
| 1973 | — | — | 24 | #1,855 |
| 1972 | — | — | 24 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,031 | 29 | #1,655 |
| 1970 | — | — | 40 | #1,327 |
| 1969 | — | — | 36 | #1,341 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,301 |
| 1967 | — | — | 32 | #1,353 |
| 1966 | — | — | 28 | #1,472 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,102 | 30 | #1,421 |
| 1964 | — | — | 32 | #1,398 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,200 | 22 | #1,725 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,731 | 35 | #1,328 |
| 1961 | — | — | 25 | #1,624 |
| 1960 | — | — | 34 | #1,375 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,953 | 38 | #1,274 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,633 | 45 | #1,156 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,175 | 24 | #1,659 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,101 | 44 | #1,153 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,353 | 42 | #1,158 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,250 | 35 | #1,287 |
| 1953 | — | — | 43 | #1,132 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,267 | 44 | #1,103 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,867 | 27 | #1,443 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,051 | 32 | #1,281 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,691 | 46 | #1,042 |
| 1948 | — | — | 41 | #1,119 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,708 | 38 | #1,182 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,347 | 41 | #1,087 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,288 | 30 | #1,217 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,869 | 41 | #1,029 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,032 | 32 | #1,235 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,961 | 24 | #1,447 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,959 | 36 | #1,100 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,108 | 38 | #1,058 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,513 | 31 | #1,183 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,288 | 34 | #1,121 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,655 | 43 | #965 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,621 | 36 | #1,082 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,059 | 34 | #1,137 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,512 | 30 | #1,231 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,884 | 44 | #956 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,094 | 36 | #1,133 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,262 | 36 | #1,141 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,974 | 28 | #1,384 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,258 | 40 | #1,103 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,704 | 36 | #1,204 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,494 | 37 | #1,191 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,965 | 34 | #1,255 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,711 | 36 | #1,194 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,790 | 35 | #1,237 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,875 | 35 | #1,230 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,695 | 46 | #1,044 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,843 | 40 | #1,134 |
| 1920 | 11 | #3,015 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,745 | 45 | #1,016 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,153 | 42 | #1,051 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,967 | 25 | #1,419 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,995 | 46 | #946 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,327 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,967 | 32 | #994 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,454 | 21 | #1,134 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,581 | 17 | #1,159 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,732 | 15 | #880 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,301 | 8 | #1,270 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,604 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,307 | — | — |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,158 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,177 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,324 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,953 | 7 | #975 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,241 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,830 | 5 | #1,150 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,125 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,002 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,198 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #982 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,060 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #919 |
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).