How Many People Are Named Love?

4,712

people named Love are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 72,534 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,785 babies named Love in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,860

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,172

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Peak Year

2022

418 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
89.8%
Male
10.2%

Of the babies given the name Love, 89.8% were girls and 10.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Love rose from 65.8% in the 1890s to 92.9% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1930s, at 48.4%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Love alive today is about 15 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 20 in 2025.

Under 30 3,984
84.6%
30 to 59 596
12.6%
60 and over 132
2.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Love first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 418 babies. In 2025, 290 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Love has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #732, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #957. Among boys, its best rank was #585, in 1890.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#957#4,803
Best rank#732 (2023)#585 (1890)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#874 in the 2020s#4,367 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Love alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Love were born in California than in any other state: about 535 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Love was given 2.2 times as often in Georgia, 1.8 times in Maryland and 1.6 times in California.

California 535
Texas 334
New York 232
Florida 203
Georgia 148
Pennsylvania 131
Ohio 130
North Carolina 92
Illinois 89
Maryland 74
Virginia 63
Michigan 57
Arizona 50
New Jersey 49
Indiana 42
Nevada 32
Washington 29
Colorado 26
Tennessee 20
Louisiana 20
South Carolina 19
Missouri 17
Alabama 12
Connecticut 11
Wisconsin 8
Minnesota 6
Oregon 5
New Mexico 5
Massachusetts 5
Utah 5
Kansas 5

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