Lovell vs Lovey
American parents have registered 4,044 Lovells since 1880, against 859 Loveys. But in 2025 it was Lovey that was commoner, 22 babies to 14.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lovell Lovey
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 139 years in which either name was published, Lovell for 124 years and Lovey for 15 years. The lead changed hands 10 times.
Side by side
| Lovell | Lovey | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 4,044 | 859 |
| Most in one year | 63 | 22 |
| Babies in 2025 | 14 | 22 |
| Estimated living today | 2,100 | 380 |
| Median age today | 49 | 40 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1925 |
| Best rank | 939th boys | 1,847th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 6,143rd | 5,554th |
| First recorded | 1886 | 1883 |
| Girls / boys | 632 / 3,412 | 859 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lovells alive today are over 49; half the Loveys are over 40. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lovell and Lovey.