NameTides

Love

Love was the #955 girls' name in the US in 2025 (269 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Love as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Love as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Love as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#955 (269)#2,138 (13)#1,495 (16)
2024#848 (319)#3,696 (6)#1,541 (15)
2023#731 (384)#2,346 (11)#1,155 (21)
2022#750 (386)#1,849 (15)#1,415 (16)
2021#1,016 (251)#3,519 (6)#1,592 (14)
2020#1,023 (245)#3,899 (5)#1,059 (24)
2019#1,648 (128)—#2,025 (10)
2018#1,512 (144)#3,985 (5)#2,892 (6)
2017#1,721 (123)#4,063 (5)#3,307 (5)
2016#1,986 (100)——
2015#1,831 (113)#5,730 (3)—
2014#1,665 (127)#4,684 (4)—
2013#1,546 (141)——
2012#1,807 (112)#4,838 (4)—
2011#2,534 (71)#4,049 (5)#2,618 (7)

Love as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Love as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Love as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#4,707 (21)—
2024#4,200 (25)—
2023#3,883 (28)—
2022#3,533 (32)—
2021#4,628 (21)—
2020#5,980 (14)—
2019#6,777 (12)—
2018#8,154 (9)—
2017#7,546 (10)—
2016#12,185 (5)—
2015#7,491 (10)—
2014#6,307 (13)—
2012#7,559 (10)—
2010#6,698 (12)—
2008#12,553 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #731.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 93% of US babies named Love were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Love is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 8,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Love by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #814CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Love (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LoveCanadaGirls#1,49516
LoveCanadaBoys—too few
LoveEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
LoveNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LoveUSGirls#955269
LoveUSBoys#4,70721