Lovely
Lovely was the 2228th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1915th with 104 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 378 places. More babies were named Lovely in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,228 girls, up 231 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 83girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023104 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,397babies recorded
Lovely popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 12 since 1917.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,228 | 83 |
| 2020 | #2,459 | 71 |
| 2010 | #2,282 | 84 |
| 2000 | #3,628 | 36 |
| 1990 | #4,795 | 20 |
| 1980 | #4,650 | 16 |
| 1970 | #6,112 | 8 |
| 1960 | #5,003 | 8 |
| 1950 | #4,563 | 7 |
| 1940 | #4,762 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,708 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Lovely, counting every spelling?
Lovely is the most common spelling of a name family that had 95 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 95 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovely | 83 | #2,228 | 451 |
| Lovelee | 12 | #8,655 | 51 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lovely?
83 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lovely (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lovely born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 101 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lovely.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lovely?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Lovely are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 7 and 27. That makes Lovely mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lovely by state
How common Lovely was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lovely: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lovely, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Lovely
How popular is the name Lovely?
Lovely was the 2228th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 83 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1915th with 104 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 378 places. More babies were named Lovely in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Lovely a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lovely in the US.
Where is Lovely most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lovely was most common in California (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Louisiana.