Love
Rank in 2025
#955
recorded as girls
#4707
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
290
girls 269 · boys 21
Peak year
2023
384 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
5,785
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Love was most popular in 2023, when 384 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.24 per 1,000). In 2025, 269 babies were named Love, ranking #955 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 92%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269 | 955 | 21 | 4707 |
| 2024 | 319 | 848 | 25 | 4200 |
| 2023 | 384 | 731 | 28 | 3883 |
| 2022 | 386 | 750 | 32 | 3533 |
| 2021 | 251 | 1016 | 21 | 4628 |
| 2020 | 245 | 1023 | 14 | 5980 |
| 2019 | 128 | 1648 | 12 | 6777 |
| 2018 | 144 | 1512 | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1721 | 10 | 7546 |
| 2016 | 100 | 1986 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 113 | 1831 | 10 | 7491 |
| 2014 | 127 | 1665 | 13 | 6307 |
| 2013 | 141 | 1546 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 112 | 1807 | 10 | 7559 |
| 2011 | 71 | 2534 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 90 | 2167 | 12 | 6698 |
| 2009 | 85 | 2286 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 81 | 2380 | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | 77 | 2433 | 12 | 6622 |
| 2006 | 52 | 3176 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 49 | 3170 | 12 | 6226 |
| 2004 | 51 | 3033 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 47 | 3131 | 10 | 6715 |
| 2002 | 47 | 3069 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 48 | 2963 | 9 | 6935 |
| 2000 | 56 | 2632 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 30 | 3895 | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | 26 | 4238 | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | 16 | 5868 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 23 | 4453 | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | 17 | 5439 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 12 | 7097 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 13 | 6622 | 8 | 6228 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8065 | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7430 | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 10 | 7880 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 12 | 6531 | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | 16 | 5065 | 6 | 6426 |
| 1987 | 14 | 5312 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 11 | 6156 | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | 13 | 5348 | 6 | 5785 |
| 1984 | 13 | 5222 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 7 | 8047 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | 21 | 3780 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 15 | 4746 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | 4327 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 22 | 3541 | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | 21 | 3512 | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | 32 | 2606 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 34 | 2387 | 7 | 4418 |
| 1975 | 26 | 2811 | 11 | 3246 |
| 1974 | 29 | 2556 | 9 | 3558 |
| 1973 | 24 | 2830 | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | 31 | 2356 | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | 23 | 2955 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1970 | 19 | 3311 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 12 | 4198 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 6 | 6246 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 8 | 4982 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | 5809 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | 6539 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 7 | 5474 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 7 | 5296 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 6 | 5860 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | 6567 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 8 | 4467 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | 5563 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 11 | 2367 |
| 1950 | 9 | 3662 | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 7 | 3019 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 5295 | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | 7 | 3994 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | 4556 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 10 | 2946 | 8 | 2633 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3954 | 7 | 2872 |
| 1940 | 5 | 4349 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 10 | 2288 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4342 | 11 | 2185 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 6 | 3175 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 6 | 3742 | 9 | 2529 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3449 | 10 | 2393 |
| 1933 | 8 | 3109 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 19 | 1817 | 12 | 2191 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3497 | 12 | 2207 |
| 1930 | 22 | 1703 | 9 | 2781 |
| 1929 | 17 | 2011 | 9 | 2766 |
| 1928 | 11 | 2768 | 16 | 1960 |
| 1927 | 11 | 2859 | 9 | 2912 |
| 1926 | 16 | 2257 | 11 | 2566 |
| 1925 | 13 | 2617 | 11 | 2588 |
| 1924 | 17 | 2212 | 18 | 1894 |
| 1923 | 10 | 3125 | 13 | 2331 |
| 1922 | 12 | 2780 | 17 | 1952 |
| 1921 | 17 | 2195 | 13 | 2376 |
| 1920 | 15 | 2357 | 12 | 2459 |
| 1919 | 11 | 2813 | 15 | 2063 |
| 1918 | 16 | 2209 | 11 | 2543 |
| 1917 | 16 | 2100 | 14 | 2091 |
| 1916 | 19 | 1805 | 15 | 1949 |
| 1915 | 19 | 1738 | 14 | 1968 |
| 1914 | 10 | 2265 | 17 | 1492 |
| 1913 | 12 | 1766 | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | 11 | 1450 | 11 | 1038 |
| 1910 | 12 | 1335 | 8 | 1193 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 10 | 951 |
| 1908 | 5 | 2101 | 7 | 1113 |
| 1907 | 9 | 1384 | 6 | 1200 |
| 1906 | 8 | 1416 | 8 | 927 |
| 1905 | 9 | 1298 | 7 | 1002 |
| 1904 | 5 | 1877 | 5 | 1205 |
| 1903 | 7 | 1440 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 5 | 1793 | 9 | 794 |
| 1901 | 7 | 1339 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 8 | 1431 | 7 | 1050 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 10 | 1098 | 6 | 1002 |
| 1897 | 7 | 1263 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 7 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | 1426 | 5 | 1079 |
| 1894 | 10 | 998 | 8 | 787 |
| 1893 | 11 | 901 | 5 | 1035 |
| 1892 | 10 | 958 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 10 | 893 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 8 | 1006 | 12 | 566 |
| 1889 | 10 | 839 | 6 | 878 |
| 1888 | 7 | 1036 | 9 | 704 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 7 | 752 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 9 | 647 |
| 1885 | 8 | 793 | 7 | 765 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 8 | 701 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 5 | 943 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 5 | 836 | <5 | — |
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Names like Love
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Where Love is most popular
- Maryland2.1×
- Georgia1.9×
- Pennsylvania1.5×
- Ohio1.4×
- Florida1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 83% · boys 17% across all years