# Lovie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lovie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,514 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 627 / 5,887 (90% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 14,211 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,473 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,856 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,613 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,147 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,577 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,250 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,415 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,568 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,230 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,500 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,570 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,042 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,897 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,243 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 | 4,398 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,776 |
| 1966 | 10 | 2,724 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,508 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,778 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,720 |
| 1976 | 5 | 6,135 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,448 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,886 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,098 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,938 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,333 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,409 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,993 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,730 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Lovie

- Lovie Simone, American actress
- Lovie Austin, American pianist (1887–1972)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.