Lovie
Lovie was given to 19 girls in 2025, #6,242 among girls’ names; 6,514 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,960 Americans named Lovie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 40 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lovie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lovie?
#6,242 among girls’ names, 2025
Lovie rose from #7,144 in 2015 to #6,242 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 9.5 to 11.8 per million.
132 babies in 1918, the peak
Lovie peaked in 1918, when 132 babies were given it (115 girls, #664 among girls’ names). The 19 births of 2025 are 14% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,242 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,894 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,037 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,567 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,495 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 13 | #8,225 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,564 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,410 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,246 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,574 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #7,144 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,607 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,851 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,466 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,203 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,843 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,712 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,364 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,941 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,521 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,612 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,625 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,830 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,905 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,858 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,333 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,013 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,708 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,055 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,246 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,461 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,728 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,821 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,611 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,974 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,922 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,793 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,406 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,470 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,624 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,886 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,874 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,390 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,109 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,856 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,232 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,336 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,853 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,550 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,490 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,582 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,142 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,727 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,352 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,357 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,968 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,401 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,121 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,270 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,384 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,717 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,188 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,744 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,138 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,882 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,691 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,089 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,715 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,738 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,628 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,528 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,723 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,435 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,388 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,385 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,231 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 65 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,184 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 67 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 61 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 63 | #989 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 69 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 67 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 58 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 63 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 67 | #845 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 75 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 57 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 79 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 83 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1932 | 74 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 77 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 93 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 90 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 95 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 100 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 106 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 106 | #717 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 100 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 112 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 109 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 103 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 103 | #717 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 117 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 115 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1917 | 107 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 112 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 113 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 89 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1913 | 79 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 93 | #495 | 0.17 |
| 1911 | 65 | #517 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 71 | #481 | 0.18 |
| 1909 | 60 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1908 | 62 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 75 | #409 | 0.24 |
| 1906 | 40 | #560 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 46 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1904 | 42 | #509 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 51 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1902 | 54 | #422 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 53 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1900 | 57 | #445 | 0.19 |
| 1899 | 50 | #414 | 0.21 |
| 1898 | 52 | #430 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 47 | #428 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 51 | #399 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 38 | #474 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 46 | #412 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 41 | #426 | 0.19 |
| 1892 | 46 | #392 | 0.22 |
| 1891 | 29 | #481 | 0.16 |
| 1890 | 25 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 34 | #420 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 27 | #482 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 22 | #482 | 0.15 |
| 1886 | 26 | #427 | 0.18 |
| 1885 | 25 | #422 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 14 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 19 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1882 | 11 | #586 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 9 | #607 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 14 | #460 | 0.15 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lovie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,514 Americans recorded as Lovie, 90% are girls and 10% boys. In 2025 it went to 19 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lovie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lovie, and how old are they?
1,960 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 30% of the 6,514 Americans ever recorded as Lovie. The median Lovie alive today is 64 years old; half are between 40 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 1,905 people named Lovie (1,733 women and girls, 172 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,271 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 393 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 644 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 308 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 239 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 170 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 196 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lovie born?
The states with the most babies named Lovie are Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, with 57% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 613 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Mississippi | 572 | not ranked | 5.5× |
| Alabama | 325 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Georgia | 237 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 220 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 210 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Louisiana | 155 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Arkansas | 128 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Kentucky | 57 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 52 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Lovie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lovie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 5.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lovie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 13,584 babies since 1880, Lovie is the most given (48% of them). In 2025 it was given to 19 of their 331 babies (5.7%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lovie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lovie and names like it
- Compare Lovie and LoveBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLovie peaked in 1918.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lovie since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Lovie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lovie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.