Luv — #13762 US unisex name
105 babies named Luv in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Luv was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Luv in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luv
The Social Security Administration has registered 105 babies named Luv between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Luv currently holds the #13762 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Luv is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 81 additional births since 1991.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luv performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Luv shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luv 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 105 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.
Luv at a glance
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Current rank
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Luv popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #13762 among girls.
105 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 10 births in a single year.
Luv popularity over time — boys
81 total births recorded since 1991 (Luv as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Luv accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Luv by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 36 births that decade — 34% of Luv's all-time total
Luv decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Luv's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1970–2024 (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.