Lovelace — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lovelace

The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Lovelace between 1914 and 1961, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lovelace currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lovelace performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Lovelace shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lovelace in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lovelace in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 142 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.