Lovey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LUV-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Lovey is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “dear, sweetheart”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Lovey mean?
English: English term of endearment, from love
“dear, sweetheart”
An affectionate English pet word built on love, long used as a term of endearment.
Is Lovey a girl's or a boy's name?
Lovey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lovey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Lovey, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1925, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had more girls named Lovey than any year since 1925.
Half of all the girls named Lovey in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lovey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,996 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,846 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
Names like Lovey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ruby, Lucy, Hazel, Olive, Nellie, Daisy, Lottie, Goldie, Birdie, Lena, Lucille, Lettie
Names related to Lovey
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Hallie, 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, “Lovey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lovey, updated 20 October 2026.