Love Girl
How popular is Love?
#955 girl name in 2025
269 baby girls were named Love in the US in 2025, making it the 955th most popular girl name. Another 21 boys got the name (#4,706 for boys).
4,736living people named Love (est.)
9median age of people named Love
5,785babies named Love since 1880
1 in 11,432US babies born in 2025
Love popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #955 for girls (▼ 107 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 269 girls, 21 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+138% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,831 in 2015, #1,023 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (386 girls) |
| Highest rank | #731 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 7% boys, 93% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Where Love is most popular
Babies named Love per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
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- Nevada: 0.4 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.3 per 1,000 (72 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (48 girls)
Love by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #793 |
| 1890s | 79 | #893 |
| 1900s | 63 | #1,297 |
| 1910s | 126 | #1,335 |
| 1920s | 139 | #2,010 |
| 1930s | 74 | #1,702 |
| 1940s | 38 | #2,945 |
| 1950s | 22 | #3,660 |
| 1960s | 62 | #4,197 |
| 1970s | 261 | #2,356 |
| 1980s | 139 | #3,779 |
| 1990s | 168 | #3,891 |
| 2000s | 593 | #2,286 |
| 2010s | 1,149 | #1,512 |
| 2020s | 1,854 | #731 |
Girl names about as popular as Love
Questions
- Is Love a boy or girl name?
- Love is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Love were girls.
- How popular is the name Love?
- 269 baby girls were named Love in the US in 2025, making it the 955th most popular girl name. Another 21 boys got the name (#4,706 for boys).
- When was Love most popular?
- Love peaked in 2022, when 386 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #731 in 2023.
- How many people are named Love?
- 5,785 babies have been named Love in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,736 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Love most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Love was most common in Nevada, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.