Lovie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LUV-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Lovie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “dear, sweetheart”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Lovie mean?
English: English term of endearment, from love
“dear, sweetheart”
Like Lovey, an affectionate pet name built on the word love.
Is Lovie a girl's or a boy's name?
Lovie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lovie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Lovie, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 117 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lovie in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 1948, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1971, 85% of the babies named Lovie in the US were girls.
Lovie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,340 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,871 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,702 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,727 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,616 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,517 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,706 |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,429 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,382 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,351 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,375 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,222 |
| 1947 | 65 | #1,105 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,178 |
| 1945 | 67 | #925 |
| 1944 | 61 | #993 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 63 | #987 |
| 1941 | 69 | #876 |
| 1940 | 67 | #868 |
| 1939 | 58 | #925 |
| 1938 | 63 | #890 |
| 1937 | 67 | #841 |
| 1936 | 75 | #780 |
| 1935 | 57 | #912 |
| 1934 | 79 | #751 |
| 1933 | 83 | #714 |
| 1932 | 74 | #790 |
| 1931 | 77 | #761 |
| 1930 | 93 | #726 |
| 1929 | 90 | #735 |
| 1928 | 95 | #724 |
| 1927 | 100 | #720 |
| 1926 | 106 | #702 |
| 1925 | 106 | #715 |
| 1924 | 100 | #736 |
| 1923 | 112 | #692 |
| 1922 | 109 | #701 |
| 1921 | 103 | #722 |
| 1920 | 103 | #715 |
| 1919 | 117 | #641 |
| 1918 | 115 | #661 |
| 1917 | 107 | #657 |
| 1916 | 112 | #638 |
| 1915 | 113 | #615 |
| 1914 | 89 | #601 |
| 1913 | 79 | #573 |
| 1912 | 93 | #494 |
| 1911 | 65 | #517 |
| 1910 | 71 | #480 |
| 1909 | 60 | #483 |
| 1908 | 62 | #456 |
| 1907 | 75 | #409 |
| 1906 | 40 | #555 |
| 1905 | 46 | #497 |
| 1904 | 42 | #509 |
| 1903 | 51 | #449 |
| 1902 | 54 | #420 |
| 1901 | 53 | #411 |
| 1900 | 57 | #440 |
| 1899 | 50 | #414 |
| 1898 | 52 | #427 |
| 1897 | 47 | #425 |
| 1896 | 51 | #396 |
| 1895 | 38 | #471 |
| 1894 | 46 | #409 |
| 1893 | 41 | #422 |
| 1892 | 46 | #391 |
| 1891 | 29 | #475 |
| 1890 | 25 | #524 |
| 1889 | 34 | #416 |
| 1888 | 27 | #476 |
| 1887 | 22 | #471 |
| 1886 | 26 | #424 |
| 1885 | 25 | #413 |
| 1884 | 14 | #556 |
| 1883 | 19 | #435 |
| 1882 | 11 | #560 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
| 1880 | 14 | #449 |
Names like Lovie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lottie, Nellie, Goldie, Birdie, Frankie, Lettie, Elsie, Hattie, Annie, Louise, Winnie, Rosie
Names related to Lovie
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Lovie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lovie, updated 20 October 2026.