Lovelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LUV-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Lovelyn is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “love”. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Lovelyn mean?
Modern: blend of the English word love and the -lyn ending
“love”
Is Lovelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Lovelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lovelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 171% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Lovelyn, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lovelyn than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Lovelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were given Lovelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,925, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
- Lovelyn 47
- Lovelynn 36
Lovelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Nicknames for Lovelyn
- Love 13 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lovelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lakelynn, Oaklynn, Sevyn, Lennon, Londyn, Wrenley, Rynlee, Braelynn, Elowyn, Brynlee, Emryn, Gracelynn
Other spellings of Lovelyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, Ailani
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, “Lovelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lovelyn, updated 20 October 2026.