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.

Lovella

#4,906 most common girls' name of all time · #8,321 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–2025

Rank among girls
#4,906
Rank overall
#8,321 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
1,735
Since 2016
237
Peak year
1920 #1,242
Best rank
#1,008 1909
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lovella first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 32 32 #4,363
2024 36 36 #4,040
2023 27 27 #4,883
2022 24 24 #5,314
2021 21 21 #5,756
2020 21 21 #5,681
2019 18 18 #6,431
2018 25 25 #5,163
2017 21 21 #5,838
2016 12 12 #8,903
2015 16 16 #7,278
2014 15 15 #7,664
2013 26 26 #5,156
2012 21 21 #6,123
2011 13 13 #8,640
2010 10 10 #10,486
2009 11 11 #10,005
2008 11 11 #10,108
2006 5 5 #17,242
1993 5 5 #13,522
1987 6 6 #9,910
1981 5 5 #10,509
1980 6 6 #9,170
1979 9 9 #6,748
1977 6 6 #8,523
1976 6 6 #8,220
1975 9 9 #6,023
1974 13 13 #4,490
1973 6 6 #7,507
1972 9 9 #5,523
1970 8 8 #5,861
1969 5 5 #7,563
1968 11 11 #4,257
1967 14 14 #3,510
1966 6 6 #5,890
1965 10 10 #4,249
1964 12 12 #3,908
1963 11 11 #4,059
1962 12 12 #3,813
1961 10 10 #4,286
1960 9 9 #4,480
1959 12 12 #3,653
1958 22 22 #2,465
1957 11 11 #3,740
1956 11 11 #3,736
1955 15 15 #2,996
1954 18 18 #2,623
1953 16 16 #2,726
1952 17 17 #2,604
1951 16 16 #2,602
1950 15 15 #2,686
1949 12 12 #3,039
1948 16 16 #2,521
1947 18 18 #2,378
1946 21 21 #2,057
1945 18 18 #2,012
1944 26 26 #1,627
1943 22 22 #1,855
1942 22 22 #1,826
1941 20 20 #1,838
1940 20 20 #1,811
1939 19 19 #1,832
1938 32 32 #1,301
1937 18 18 #1,865
1936 30 30 #1,335
1935 24 24 #1,524
1934 26 26 #1,460
1933 20 20 #1,739
1932 32 32 #1,306
1931 26 26 #1,481
1930 38 38 #1,219
1929 22 22 #1,727
1928 20 20 #1,926
1927 24 24 #1,742
1926 35 35 #1,345
1925 27 27 #1,630
1924 35 35 #1,391
1923 17 17 #2,207
1922 31 31 #1,481
1921 34 34 #1,386
1920 39 39 #1,242
1919 33 33 #1,361
1918 27 27 #1,549
1917 20 20 #1,802
1916 25 25 #1,507
1915 23 23 #1,550
1914 12 12 #2,059
1913 13 13 #1,711
1912 12 12 #1,671
1911 15 15 #1,218
1910 15 15 #1,193
1909 17 17 #1,008
1908 8 8 #1,609
1906 10 10 #1,283
1905 6 6 #1,800
1903 7 7 #1,526
1902 11 11 #1,119
1901 7 7 #1,422
1900 8 8 #1,509
1897 5 5 #1,676
1896 6 6 #1,516
1888 5 5 #1,441