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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |