Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Love*

#2,256 most common girls' name of all time · #3,845 across all names · 17% male / 83% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#2,256
Rank overall
#3,845 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
5,785
Since 2016
2,526
Peak year
2022 #750
Best rank
#731 2023
Girls Boys peak 418/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Love is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 269 21 290 #955
2024 319 25 344 #849
2023 384 28 412 #731
2022 386 32 418 #750
2021 251 21 272 #1,016
2020 245 14 259 #1,024
2019 128 12 140 #1,648
2018 144 9 153 #1,514
2017 123 10 133 #1,721
2016 100 5 105 #1,986
2015 113 10 123 #1,831
2014 127 13 140 #1,667
2013 141 141 #1,548
2012 112 10 122 #1,807
2011 71 71 #2,535
2010 90 12 102 #2,168
2009 85 85 #2,287
2008 81 5 86 #2,381
2007 77 12 89 #2,436
2006 52 6 58 #3,179
2005 49 12 61 #3,172
2004 51 9 60 #3,037
2003 47 10 57 #3,131
2002 47 5 52 #3,070
2001 48 9 57 #2,966
2000 56 6 62 #2,638
1999 30 10 40 #3,898
1998 26 7 33 #4,240
1997 16 16 #5,878
1996 23 7 30 #4,457
1995 17 6 23 #5,451
1994 12 7 19 #7,114
1993 13 8 21 #6,630
1992 10 6 16 #8,075
1991 11 8 19 #7,442
1990 10 10 #7,891
1989 12 6 18 #6,542
1988 16 6 22 #5,075
1987 14 14 #5,326
1986 11 5 16 #6,164
1985 13 6 19 #5,358
1984 13 13 #5,231
1983 7 6 13 #8,067
1982 21 21 #3,783
1981 15 15 #4,753
1980 17 17 #4,336
1979 22 7 29 #3,549
1978 21 6 27 #3,518
1977 32 32 #2,613
1976 34 7 41 #2,391
1975 26 11 37 #2,816
1974 29 9 38 #2,561
1973 24 7 31 #2,835
1972 31 5 36 #2,360
1971 23 7 30 #2,958
1970 19 19 #3,318
1969 12 12 #4,205
1968 6 6 #6,274
1967 8 8 #4,998
1966 6 6 #5,828
1965 5 5 10 #6,559
1964 7 7 #5,486
1963 7 7 #5,315
1962 6 6 #5,879
1961 5 5 #6,581
1959 5 5
1956 8 8 #4,484
1954 5 5
1952 5 5 #5,577
1951 11 11
1950 9 7 16 #3,676
1949 7 7
1947 5 6 11 #5,308
1946 7 7 #4,007
1945 5 5 #4,568
1944 10 8 18 #2,963
1943 5 5
1942 5 5
1941 6 7 13 #3,976
1940 5 5 #4,366
1939 10 10
1938 5 11 16 #4,350
1937 6 6
1935 6 9 15 #3,755
1934 7 10 17 #3,463
1933 8 8 #3,120
1932 19 12 31 #1,824
1931 7 12 19 #3,503
1930 22 9 31 #1,711
1929 17 9 26 #2,022
1928 11 16 27 #2,781
1927 11 9 20 #2,870
1926 16 11 27 #2,264
1925 13 11 24 #2,627
1924 17 18 35 #2,222
1923 10 13 23 #3,131
1922 12 17 29 #2,789
1921 17 13 30 #2,201
1920 15 12 27 #2,361
1919 11 15 26 #2,821
1918 16 11 27 #2,213
1917 16 14 30 #2,109
1916 19 15 34 #1,809
1915 19 14 33 #1,744
1914 10 17 27 #2,275
1913 12 5 17 #1,777
1912 5 5
1911 11 11 22 #1,467
1910 12 8 20 #1,350
1909 10 10
1908 5 7 12 #2,113
1907 9 6 15 #1,405
1906 8 8 16 #1,435
1905 9 7 16 #1,317
1904 5 5 10 #1,893
1903 7 7 #1,460
1902 5 9 14 #1,809
1901 7 7 #1,356
1900 8 7 15 #1,448
1898 10 6 16 #1,119
1897 7 7 #1,277
1896 7 7 #1,304
1895 6 5 11 #1,441
1894 10 8 18 #1,021
1893 11 5 16 #917
1892 10 10 #979
1891 10 5 15 #918
1890 8 12 20 #1,026
1889 10 6 16 #856
1888 7 9 16 #1,054
1887 7 7
1886 9 9
1885 8 7 15 #813
1884 8 8
1882 5 5
1880 5 5 #894