Unisex name · since 1880
Love
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 4,797 babies named Love, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #955 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,797
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Love is the #955 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 4,797 recorded since 1880.
Love has 4,797 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #955 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,648 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #955 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,797 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Love ranks #2,648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #955 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,797 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #955 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,797
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Love's 4,797 recorded births place it above 96.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Love compares
4,797 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Love's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Love | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,797 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 386 | 21 | 19,840 |
Love's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Love splits its recorded history at 1965: 88% of all births land in the more recent half, 12% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 386 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Love popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 386
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Love popularity over time - boys
988 total births recorded since 1882 (Love as boys' name)
Love by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,854 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Love's strongest decade.
1,854 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Love births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 30
1880s
30 births
- 1890s 79
1890s
79 births
- 1900s 63
1900s
63 births
- 1910s 126
1910s
126 births
- 1920s 139
1920s
139 births
- 1930s 74
1930s
74 births
- 1940s 38
1940s
38 births
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 62
1960s
62 births
- 1970s 261
1970s
261 births
- 1980s 139
1980s
139 births
- 1990s 168
1990s
168 births
- 2000s 593
2000s
593 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,149 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,854 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,854 births (39% of all-time use).
How Love compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Love's total volume
Love by state
Where Love concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 534 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 341 | 7.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 234 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 204 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 158 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 132 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 131 | 2.7% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 97 | 2.0% |
534 of 4,797 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Love appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Love's data
- California records the most Loves (534 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Love: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Love draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.