Girls' name · since 1949
Lovita
Since 1949, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Lovita, peaking in 1962. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #52,023 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
12 girls have been named Lovita since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lovita has been recorded 12 times among girls since 1949, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1962.
- #52,023 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1949
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lovita ranks #52,023 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1949, peaking in the 1960s.
- #52,023 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1949
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lovita's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lovita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lovita splits its recorded history at 1962: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1962 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lovita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1962
- Peak year (1962)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Lovita by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1960s was Lovita's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Lovita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lovita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lovita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.