BabyNamesMap

Baby names › Girls

Love

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Up from #1,831 in 2015 to #955 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,831, 2016: #1,986, 2017: #1,721, 2018: #1,512, 2019: #1,648, 2020: #1,023, 2021: #1,016, 2022: #750, 2023: #731, 2024: #848, 2025: #9551 in 5,975 girls in the US, 2025#955 · rising · was #1,831 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #5,730, 2017: #4,063, 2018: #3,985, 2020: #3,899, 2021: #3,519, 2022: #1,849, 2023: #2,346, 2024: #3,696, 2025: #2,1381 in 19,483 girls in E&W, 2025#2,138 · rising · was #5,730 in 2015

Girl’s name

Try with your surname

What Love means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Love yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,831 in 2015 to #955 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Love?

US 2025
#955
269 babies
▼ 107 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2138
13 babies
▲ 1558 vs 2024
Scotland
–
Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1831 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #5730 in 2015.

00.518801920196020002025
US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2023)

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 384 girls got the name (#731 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 5,975 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 19,483 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.54 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.33 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.32 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

AK
ME
WI
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
HI
TX
FL
FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Love is #955 in the US and #2138 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9552691 in 5,975#1831
England & Wales#2138131 in 19,483#5730
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.8% of US babies named Love were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 202526921
England & Wales 2025130
US all years since 18804,797988
England & Wales since 19961060

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Liv296 US · 12 E&W
  • Lev9 US
  • Luv6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Love

Girls

  • Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
  • Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
  • Maeve#76“intoxicating”
  • Amira#132“princess”
  • Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”
  • Kailani#253“sea + sky”

For a brother

  • Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”
  • Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
  • Enzo#72“home + ruler”
  • Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”
  • Amir#105“commander, prince”
  • Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Love’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

Jump to a random name page, or roll from every name on the home page.