Lovely
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LUV-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,214 for girls
Lovely is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “beautiful, delightful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
What does Lovely mean?
English: English word name, from Old English luflic
“beautiful, delightful”
An English word meaning beautiful or delightful; Old English luflic originally meant loving or amiable.
Is Lovely a girl's or a boy's name?
Lovely is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lovely in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,214th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Lovely, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 104 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Lovely in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Lovely or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #2,214 for this spelling alone.
- Lovely 83
- Lovelee 12
Lovely in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,903 |
| 2022 | 95 | #2,034 |
| 2021 | 77 | #2,345 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 45 | #3,362 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
Names like Lovely
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily, Emmy, Ivy, Hadley, Blakely, Presley, Marley, Leighton, Harley, Riley, Lyric, Kinsley
Other spellings of Lovely
Names related to Lovely
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison
Sources
Figures from 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, “Lovely: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lovely, updated 20 October 2026.