Meaning not yet researched.
Lovie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 19 in 2025. Its best rank was #392 in 1892.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #392 in 1892; #6,243 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lovie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,243 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1892, at #392.
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Lovie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 19 girls in 2025. Peak: #392 in 1892 · most girls in one year: 117 (1919).
In 2025, 19 US girls were named Lovie, making it the 6,243rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 346 places from #5,897 in 2024. That is 2 fewer than the 21 girls named Lovie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #392, reached in 1892. The most girls given the name in a single year was 117, in 1919. For comparison, it was #7,147 in 2015 and #1,357 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lovie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 14 babies with the name. In all, 6,514 US babies have been given the name, 90% of them girls and 9.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,145 babies named Lovie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 157 US girls were named Lovie; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 23. In 2025 that was about 1 in 84,593 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Lovey, Luvia and Lovia 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: Lovey (859), Luvia (81), Lovia (28), Lovee (27), Lovea (12), Lovi (10).
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 Lovie 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 | 19 | #6,243 | — | — |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,897 | — | — |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,042 | — | — |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,570 | — | — |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,500 | — | — |
| 2020 | 13 | #8,230 | — | — |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,568 | — | — |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,415 | — | — |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,250 | — | — |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,577 | — | — |
| 2015 | 17 | #7,147 | — | — |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,613 | — | — |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,856 | — | — |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,473 | — | — |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,211 | — | — |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,849 | — | — |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,716 | — | — |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,368 | — | — |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,945 | — | — |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,525 | — | — |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,618 | — | — |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,630 | — | — |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,835 | — | — |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,911 | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,865 | — | — |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,341 | — | — |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,019 | — | — |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,715 | — | — |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,060 | — | — |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,251 | — | — |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,466 | — | — |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,734 | — | — |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,827 | — | — |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,617 | — | — |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,981 | — | — |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,928 | 6 | #7,730 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,799 | 8 | #5,993 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,411 | — | — |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,475 | — | — |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,627 | 6 | #6,409 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,888 | — | — |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,875 | 7 | #5,333 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,391 | 6 | #5,938 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,110 | 6 | #6,098 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,857 | 5 | #6,886 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,233 | — | — |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,337 | — | — |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,853 | — | — |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,551 | 5 | #6,448 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,492 | 5 | #6,135 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,583 | — | — |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,143 | — | — |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,729 | — | — |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,352 | — | — |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,357 | 6 | #4,720 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,969 | — | — |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,402 | 5 | #4,778 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,122 | 5 | #4,508 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,271 | — | — |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,385 | 10 | #2,724 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,718 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,189 | 5 | #4,398 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,745 | 7 | #3,528 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,139 | 8 | #3,193 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,883 | 8 | #3,262 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,692 | 7 | #3,533 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,090 | 9 | #2,961 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,716 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,739 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,624 | — | — |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,629 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,529 | 9 | #2,871 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,724 | — | — |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,436 | 7 | #3,270 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,389 | 6 | #3,580 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,357 | — | — |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,386 | 7 | #3,190 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,232 | — | — |
| 1947 | 65 | #1,114 | 10 | #2,600 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,185 | 6 | #3,388 |
| 1945 | 67 | #933 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1944 | 61 | #998 | 9 | #2,565 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,011 | 9 | #2,665 |
| 1942 | 63 | #989 | 10 | #2,471 |
| 1941 | 69 | #883 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 1940 | 67 | #871 | 18 | #1,663 |
| 1939 | 58 | #928 | 11 | #2,247 |
| 1938 | 63 | #896 | 9 | #2,577 |
| 1937 | 67 | #845 | 11 | #2,281 |
| 1936 | 75 | #782 | 8 | #2,768 |
| 1935 | 57 | #921 | 12 | #2,200 |
| 1934 | 79 | #753 | 9 | #2,681 |
| 1933 | 83 | #717 | 10 | #2,469 |
| 1932 | 74 | #793 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 1931 | 77 | #763 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1930 | 93 | #728 | 18 | #1,786 |
| 1929 | 90 | #739 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1928 | 95 | #725 | 10 | #2,768 |
| 1927 | 100 | #721 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1926 | 106 | #707 | 12 | #2,505 |
| 1925 | 106 | #717 | 13 | #2,384 |
| 1924 | 100 | #738 | 18 | #1,939 |
| 1923 | 112 | #693 | 10 | #2,871 |
| 1922 | 109 | #703 | 12 | #2,577 |
| 1921 | 103 | #723 | 14 | #2,325 |
| 1920 | 103 | #717 | 11 | #2,698 |
| 1919 | 117 | #643 | 11 | #2,602 |
| 1918 | 115 | #664 | 17 | #1,960 |
| 1917 | 107 | #661 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1916 | 112 | #640 | 14 | #2,109 |
| 1915 | 113 | #619 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1914 | 89 | #604 | 11 | #2,056 |
| 1913 | 79 | #575 | — | — |
| 1912 | 93 | #495 | 8 | #1,982 |
| 1911 | 65 | #517 | 6 | #1,657 |
| 1910 | 71 | #481 | 10 | #1,089 |
| 1909 | 60 | #485 | — | — |
| 1908 | 62 | #459 | — | — |
| 1907 | 75 | #409 | — | — |
| 1906 | 40 | #560 | 6 | #1,196 |
| 1905 | 46 | #503 | — | — |
| 1904 | 42 | #509 | — | — |
| 1903 | 51 | #450 | — | — |
| 1902 | 54 | #422 | — | — |
| 1901 | 53 | #413 | — | — |
| 1900 | 57 | #445 | — | — |
| 1899 | 50 | #414 | — | — |
| 1898 | 52 | #430 | — | — |
| 1897 | 47 | #428 | 5 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 51 | #399 | — | — |
| 1895 | 38 | #474 | — | — |
| 1894 | 46 | #412 | — | — |
| 1893 | 41 | #426 | — | — |
| 1892 | 46 | #392 | 5 | #1,181 |
| 1891 | 29 | #481 | — | — |
| 1890 | 25 | #531 | — | — |
| 1889 | 34 | #420 | — | — |
| 1888 | 27 | #482 | — | — |
| 1887 | 22 | #482 | — | — |
| 1886 | 26 | #427 | — | — |
| 1885 | 25 | #422 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #573 | — | — |
| 1883 | 19 | #444 | 5 | #987 |
| 1882 | 11 | #586 | — | — |
| 1881 | 9 | #607 | — | — |
| 1880 | 14 | #460 | — | — |
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).