Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Lovely

Gender

Female

Origin

Unknown

Pronunciation

l(o)-ve-ly

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1936 (rank #2855, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #1919, 103 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2214, 83 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–83
2024–92
2023–103
2022–95
2021–77
2020–71
2019–91
2018–73
2017–72
2016–61

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 2025 (rank #4866, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20254
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
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

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #1397, 27 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2413, 11 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202311
202210
20218
202011
201918
201814
201714
201614
201517
201417

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