Lovell
Lovell was given to 14 boys in 2025, #6,312 among boys’ names; 4,044 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,100 Americans named Lovell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 28 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lovell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lovell?
#6,312 among boys’ names, 2025
Lovell fell from #6,166 in 2015 to #6,312 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 7.3 to 8.2 per million.
63 babies in 1916, the peak
Lovell peaked in 1916, when 63 babies were given it (46 boys, #946 among boys’ names). The 14 births of 2025 are 22% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 14 | #6,312 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 22 | #4,643 | |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,460 | 13 | #6,750 |
| 2022 | under 5 | 25 | #4,242 | |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,536 | 20 | #4,867 |
| 2020 | under 5 | 25 | #4,093 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 15 | #5,991 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 18 | #5,229 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 15 | #5,956 | |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,798 | 16 | #5,685 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 14 | #6,166 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 21 | #4,632 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 24 | #4,135 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 15 | #5,876 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 17 | #5,339 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 23 | #4,316 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 16 | #5,718 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 14 | #6,276 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 23 | #4,311 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 26 | #3,853 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 13 | #6,082 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 19 | #4,519 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 19 | #4,357 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 18 | #4,421 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 15 | #5,045 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 24 | #3,482 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 20 | #3,778 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 19 | #3,793 | |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,122 | 20 | #3,536 |
| 1996 | under 5 | 26 | #2,877 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 24 | #2,983 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 31 | #2,470 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 25 | #2,831 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 33 | #2,275 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 26 | #2,649 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 29 | #2,405 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 25 | #2,577 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 21 | #2,733 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 37 | #1,775 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 17 | #2,955 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 19 | #2,660 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 29 | #1,918 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 22 | #2,314 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 21 | #2,389 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 20 | #2,461 | |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,787 | 20 | #2,494 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 39 | #1,519 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 34 | #1,637 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 34 | #1,629 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 30 | #1,728 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 20 | #2,259 | |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,577 | 41 | #1,345 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 24 | #1,854 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 24 | #1,856 | |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,029 | 29 | #1,654 |
| 1970 | under 5 | 40 | #1,326 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 36 | #1,341 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 35 | #1,301 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 32 | #1,352 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 28 | #1,471 | |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,101 | 30 | #1,420 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 32 | #1,397 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,199 | 22 | #1,724 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,730 | 35 | #1,327 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 25 | #1,623 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 34 | #1,374 | |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,952 | 38 | #1,273 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,632 | 45 | #1,155 |
| 1957 | 7 | #5,174 | 24 | #1,658 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,100 | 44 | #1,152 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,351 | 42 | #1,157 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,248 | 35 | #1,286 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 43 | #1,131 | |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,265 | 44 | #1,102 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,866 | 27 | #1,442 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,049 | 32 | #1,280 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,689 | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1948 | under 5 | 41 | #1,118 | |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,707 | 38 | #1,181 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,346 | 41 | #1,086 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,286 | 30 | #1,216 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,868 | 41 | #1,029 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,031 | 32 | #1,235 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,959 | 24 | #1,447 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,957 | 36 | #1,100 |
| 1940 | 9 | #3,106 | 38 | #1,058 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,512 | 31 | #1,183 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,288 | 34 | #1,121 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,654 | 43 | #965 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,620 | 36 | #1,082 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,058 | 34 | #1,137 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,511 | 30 | #1,231 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,884 | 44 | #956 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,093 | 36 | #1,133 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,261 | 36 | #1,141 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,973 | 28 | #1,384 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,257 | 40 | #1,103 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,703 | 36 | #1,204 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,493 | 37 | #1,191 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,964 | 34 | #1,255 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,710 | 36 | #1,194 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,789 | 35 | #1,237 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,875 | 35 | #1,230 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,693 | 46 | #1,044 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,843 | 40 | #1,134 |
| 1920 | 11 | #3,015 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,744 | 45 | #1,016 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,152 | 42 | #1,051 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,966 | 25 | #1,419 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,995 | 46 | #946 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,326 | 29 | #1,233 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,967 | 32 | #994 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,452 | 21 | #1,134 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,581 | 17 | #1,159 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,732 | 15 | #879 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,301 | 8 | #1,269 |
| 1909 | under 5 | 5 | #1,603 | |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,307 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 7 | #1,157 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 6 | #1,176 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 5 | #1,323 | |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,952 | 7 | #975 |
| 1902 | under 5 | 5 | #1,240 | |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,829 | 5 | #1,149 |
| 1900 | under 5 | 7 | #1,124 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 6 | #1,001 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 5 | #1,197 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 6 | #981 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 5 | #1,059 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 6 | #919 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lovell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,044 Americans recorded as Lovell, 16% are girls and 84% boys. In 2025 it went to 14 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lovell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lovell, and how old are they?
2,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 4,044 Americans ever recorded as Lovell. The median Lovell alive today is 49 years old; half are between 28 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 1,868 people named Lovell (270 women and girls, 1,598 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,228 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 176 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 520 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 461 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 385 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 301 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 257 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lovell born?
The states with the most babies named Lovell are Alabama, Illinois and New York, with 65% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 360 | not ranked | 4.0× |
| Illinois | 77 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 72 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 71 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| California | 53 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| West Virginia | 46 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Arkansas | 25 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 23 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 18 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Lovell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lovell is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 4.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lovell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,147 babies since 1880, Lovell is the most given (98% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lovell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lovell and names like it
- Compare Lovell and LovelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLovell peaked in 1916.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lovell since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Lovell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lovell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.