Lovey — #15282 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lovey

The Social Security Administration has registered 837 babies named Lovey between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lovey currently holds the #15282 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lovey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lovey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lovey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lovey 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 837 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.