Love
2025 SSA
About Love
Love makes an endearing middle name, as in Jennifer Love Hewitt. However, more parents are considering Love as a first name — enough for it to enter the US charts for the first time in 2022 as one of the fastest-rising names of the year.
Chosen for nearly 270 girls in a recent year — along with 21 boys — Love fits in with the likes of Dream, Blessing, Halo, Chosen, Dove, and Sunny. It was additionally used in the Marvel franchise, borne by the adoptive daughter of Thor; the release of the film Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022 coincided with the name entering the US stats for the first time.
Used as a masculine name in Sweden, Love may also be said as LOO-veh if being viewed as a Swedish form of Louis,
Love Love but want something more subtle? Other love-related alternatives include Juliet, Mabel, Amore, and Carys.
Pronounced LUV.
As of October 2026, Love ranked #957 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #732 in 2023.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,669 | 127 | 71.1 |
| 2015 | #1,836 | 113 | 63.3 |
| 2016 | #1,990 | 100 | 56.4 |
| 2017 | #1,732 | 123 | 71.2 |
| 2018 | #1,515 | 144 | 84.7 |
| 2019 | #1,651 | 128 | 76.3 |
| 2020 | #1,026 | 245 | 151.6 |
| 2021 | #1,018 | 251 | 153 |
| 2022 | #750 | 386 | 235.3 |
| 2023 | #732 | 384 | 239.3 |
| 2024 | #846 | 319 | 196.9 |
| 2025 | #957 | 269 | 167.4 |
World rankings
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Love on lists
Famous Loves
- Love Majewski
American reality TV personality of VH1's "Mob Wives"
- Love Lily Brust (b. 2016)
daughter of country singer Preston Brust of LoCash
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
American actress
- Gladys Love (Smith) Presley
mother of Elvis Presley
- Heaven Love Rodriguez
daughter of pro skateboarder Paul Rodriguez
- God'Iss Love Stone
daughter of singer Lil' Mo
- Finley Aaron Love Lockwood
granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of Lisa Marie
- Alexa Love Ikonn (b. 2016)
daughter of English YouTuber Mimi Ikonn
- Mia Love Thicke (b. 2018)
daughter of singer Robin Thicke
- Courtney Michelle Love
American musician
- Bessie Love
American silent film actress
Love in pop culture
- Love Momozomo
character in anime 'Fresh Pretty Cure!"
- Love
bunny character created by Japanese singer Ai Otsuka
- "All You Need Is Love"
song by The Beatles
- Love Quinn
character from the tv,series “You”
- "Love Story"
Song by Taylor Swift featured on "Fearless"