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Love

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Famous And Powerful
Love, affection

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Nature
  • Surname
  • Virtue
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Love

Famous People

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Courtney Love

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #3532, 32 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4707, 21 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #750, 386 births); most recent 2025 (rank #955, 269 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202521269
202425319
202328384
202232386
202121251
202014245
201912128
20189144
201710123
20165100

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #1849, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2137, 13 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202513
20246
202311
202215
20216
20205
2019–
20185
20175
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #1112, 32 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–32
2022324
2021–12
2020–8
2019–5
2018––
2017–3
2016––
2015––
20143–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence