Love
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LUV
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #955 for girls
Love is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “love; deep affection”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 955th for girls in the US (269 babies).
What does Love mean?
English: English word
“love; deep affection”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Love a girl's or a boy's name?
Love is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 269 girls and 21 boys in the US.
How popular is Love in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 182% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Love, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Love in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Love in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Love in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #955among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 269about 1 in 6,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 269 girls in the US were named Love, making it the 955th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,023rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 386 girls. 21 boys were also named Love in 2025 (4,706th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Love in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 275 girls in the US were given Love or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #876, up from #955 for this spelling alone.
- Love 269
- Luv 6
Girls were 58% of the babies named Love in the US in 1915, and 93% in 2025.
Love in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269 | #955 |
| 2024 | 319 | #848 |
| 2023 | 384 | #731 |
| 2022 | 386 | #750 |
| 2021 | 251 | #1,016 |
| 2020 | 245 | #1,023 |
| 2019 | 128 | #1,648 |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,512 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 100 | #1,986 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,831 |
| 2014 | 127 | #1,665 |
| 2013 | 141 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | 112 | #1,807 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,533 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,167 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 81 | #2,380 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 49 | #3,166 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 47 | #3,065 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,387 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,356 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,211 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,738 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 11 | #901 |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 10 | #893 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 8 | #793 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Love
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily Grace Hallie Olive Phoebe Evie Maeve Ivy Luna Hope Esme Maisie
Other spellings of Love
Names related to Love
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Love: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/love, updated 20 October 2026.