Lovelyn — #3135 US girls' name
368 babies named Lovelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
71% of everyone ever named Lovelyn was born in this single decade.
65 babies were named Lovelyn in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lovelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 368 babies named Lovelyn between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lovelyn currently holds the #3135 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 65 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lovelyn performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 262 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lovelyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Lovelyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lovelyn 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 368 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.
Lovelyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Lovelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2022)
- 65
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #3135 among girls.
368 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 65 births in a single year.
Lovelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 262 births that decade — 71% of Lovelyn's all-time total
Lovelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 262 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Lovelyn's strongest decade
262 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
Lovelyn by state
Where Lovelyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 9.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 33 | 9.0% |
36 of 368 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.8% of nationwide
- Texas 9.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.8% 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, 1974–2024 (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.