Lovis — boys' name
68 babies named Lovis in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Lovis was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Lovis in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lovis
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Lovis between 1913 and 1978, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lovis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Lovis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 1924.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lovis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lovis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lovis 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 68 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.
Lovis at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lovis popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1913
- Peak year (1929)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
68 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 9 births in a single year.
Lovis popularity over time — girls
26 total births recorded since 1924 (Lovis as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Lovis accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lovis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 26 births that decade — 38% of Lovis's all-time total
Lovis decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lovis's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1913–1978 (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.