Unisex name · since 1970
Luv
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 111 babies named Luv, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,983 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,515 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Luv currently ranks #13515 among unisex names in America, with 111 babies recorded since 1970.
Luv has 111 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13515 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #25,983 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,515 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 111 born since 1970
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luv ranks #25,983 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,515 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 111 born since 1970, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,983 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,515 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Luv's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Luv compares
111 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Luv's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Luv | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 111 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Luv's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Luv's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Luv popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Luv popularity over time - boys
86 total births recorded since 1991 (Luv as boys' name)
Luv by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (39 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Luv's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Luv births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 39 births (35% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Luv: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Luv 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.