Lovett — boys' name
319 babies named Lovett in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Lovett was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Lovett in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lovett
The Social Security Administration has registered 319 babies named Lovett between 1886 and 1981, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lovett currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lovett performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lovett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lovett in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lovett 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 319 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.
Lovett at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lovett popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1886
- Peak year (1931)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
319 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 15 births in a single year.
Lovett popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2024 (Lovett as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lovett accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lovett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 70 births that decade — 22% of Lovett's all-time total
Lovett decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Lovett's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Lovett by state
Where Lovett concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 61 | 19.1% |
61 of 319 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 19.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 19.1% 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, 1886–1981 (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.