Lovetta — girls' name
1,003 babies named Lovetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Lovetta was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Lovetta in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lovetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,003 babies named Lovetta between 1910 and 1991, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lovetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lovetta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lovetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Lovetta in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lovetta 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 1,003 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.
Lovetta at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lovetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1910
- Peak year (1928)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
1,003 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 25 births in a single year.
Lovetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 171 births that decade — 17% of Lovetta's all-time total
Lovetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 171 births
- Runner-up 169 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lovetta's strongest decade
171 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Lovetta by state
Where Lovetta concentrates geographically — total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.5% |
11 of 1,003 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.5% of nationwide
- Missouri 0.5% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.1% 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, 1910–1991 (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.