Lovella — #4029 US girls' name
1,703 babies named Lovella in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Lovella was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Lovella in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lovella
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,703 babies named Lovella between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lovella currently holds the #4029 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lovella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 284 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lovella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lovella in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lovella 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 1,703 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.
Lovella at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lovella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1888
- Peak year (1920)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
Currently ranks #4029 among girls.
1,703 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 39 births in a single year.
Lovella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 284 births that decade — 17% of Lovella's all-time total
Lovella decade highlights
- Peak decade 284 births
- Runner-up 265 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lovella's strongest decade
284 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Lovella by state
Where Lovella concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 1.0% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 5 | 0.3% |
17 of 1,703 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.6% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.3% of nationwide
- Kentucky 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% 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, 1888–2024 (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.