Loveless — boys' name
50 babies named Loveless in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Loveless was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Loveless in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loveless
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Loveless between 1914 and 1977, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loveless currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loveless performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Loveless shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loveless in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loveless 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 50 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.
Loveless at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Loveless popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1914
- Peak year (1926)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
50 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 8 births in a single year.
Loveless by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 25 births that decade — 50% of Loveless's all-time total
Loveless decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Loveless's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Loveless by state
Where Loveless concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 10.0% |
5 of 50 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1977 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.