Lovely
#3,964 most common girls' name of all time · #6,783 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1917–2025
Rank among girls
#3,964
Rank overall
#6,783 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
2,397
Since 2016
819
Peak year
2023 #1,905
Best rank
#1,905 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 104/yr
Lovely first appears in 1917. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | — | 83 | #2,223 |
| 2024 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2023 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,905 |
| 2022 | 95 | — | 95 | #2,038 |
| 2021 | 77 | — | 77 | #2,353 |
| 2020 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,448 |
| 2019 | 91 | — | 91 | #2,076 |
| 2018 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 72 | — | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2016 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,804 |
| 2015 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,597 |
| 2014 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,275 |
| 2013 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,516 |
| 2012 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,290 |
| 2011 | 56 | — | 56 | #3,020 |
| 2010 | 84 | — | 84 | #2,279 |
| 2009 | 87 | — | 87 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,542 |
| 2007 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,732 |
| 2006 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,807 |
| 2005 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,369 |
| 2004 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,010 |
| 2003 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,129 |
| 2002 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,472 |
| 2001 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,127 |
| 2000 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,608 |
| 1999 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,521 |
| 1998 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,510 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,259 |
| 1996 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,968 |
| 1995 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,259 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,914 |
| 1993 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,245 |
| 1992 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,312 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,040 |
| 1990 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,732 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,544 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,885 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,699 |
| 1986 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,676 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,508 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,540 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,540 |
| 1982 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,767 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,590 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,572 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,904 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,825 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,731 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,752 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,657 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,521 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,819 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,962 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,032 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,139 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,894 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,948 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,807 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,094 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,809 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,919 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,298 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,527 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,109 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,193 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,306 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,906 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,041 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,759 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,159 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,686 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1935 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,053 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,628 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,861 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,808 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,346 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,955 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,446 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,982 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,846 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,788 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,713 |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | — |