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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 100 recorded years as a table

Lovey, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1883	45
1884	39
1886	35
1888	28
1890	26
1894	45
1895	26
1896	25
1897	21
1898	19
1900	20
1901	29
1903	42
1904	29
1905	24
1906	17
1908	24
1909	29
1910	28
1911	14
1912	11
1913	13
1914	9
1915	13
1916	10
1917	12
1918	16
1919	14
1920	6
1921	11
1922	12
1923	11
1924	10
1925	18
1926	16
1927	11
1928	11
1929	8
1930	16
1931	9
1932	7
1933	11
1934	5
1935	7
1936	7
1937	7
1938	13
1939	5
1940	10
1942	7
1943	5
1944	5
1945	7
1946	5
1947	5
1948	4
1949	3
1950	3
1951	4
1952	3
1953	4
1954	3
1955	3
1957	4
1959	5
1961	4
1962	3
1963	4
1968	4
1969	3
1972	5
1975	3
1977	4
1979	3
1980	5
1982	5
1984	5
1985	3
1987	4
1994	3
2002	4
2003	3
2004	4
2005	3
2006	5
2007	3
2010	6
2011	3
2012	3
2013	5
2016	5
2017	3
2018	5
2019	6
2020	11
2021	5
2022	6
2023	9
2024	3
2025	14

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lovey isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Lovey

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 22
Rank in 2025: #5,554
How rare: 1 in 73,057 girls
Since 1883: 859

Most popular in 1894, at 45 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lovey doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.