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Lovely

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Lovely is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 92 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
920.01% of girls
Peak year
2023103 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1918
2,301people given the name
Babies named Lovely, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,301 girls have been named Lovely in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 103 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 32%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Lovely
1910s14
1920s42
1930s29
1940s42
1950s49
1960s25
1970s88
1980s159
1990s241
2000s433
2010s741
2020s438

In 2023, its biggest year

Lovely was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Lovely

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.