Love
2025 SSA
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.
Love for girls#957 US
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.
Love for boys#4804 US
In the Anglophone world, Love is more likely to be perceived and pronounced as an English word name than the Swedish form of Louis, which is pronounced LOO-veh. Nevertheless, Love is a popular name in Sweden, ranking in the Top 100 since the 2000s.
In the US, it is currently more popular for girls with almost 270 girls receiving the name compared to 21 boys.
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 · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,669 | 127 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,836 | 113 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,990 | 100 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,732 | 123 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,515 | 144 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,651 | 128 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,026 | 245 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,018 | 251 | #4,713 | 21 |
| 2022 | #750 | 386 | #3,581 | 32 |
| 2023 | #732 | 384 | #3,950 | 28 |
| 2024 | #846 | 319 | #4,262 | 25 |
| 2025 | #957 | 269 | #4,804 | 21 |
World rankings
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Love on lists
Famous Loves
- Love MajewskiGirl
American reality TV personality of VH1's "Mob Wives"
- Love Lily Brust (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of country singer Preston Brust of LoCash
- Jennifer Love HewittGirl
American actress
- Gladys Love (Smith) PresleyGirl
mother of Elvis Presley
- Heaven Love RodriguezGirl
daughter of pro skateboarder Paul Rodriguez
- God'Iss Love StoneGirl
daughter of singer Lil' Mo
- Finley Aaron Love LockwoodGirl
granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of Lisa Marie
- Alexa Love Ikonn (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of English YouTuber Mimi Ikonn
- Mia Love Thicke (b. 2018)Girl
daughter of singer Robin Thicke
- Courtney Michelle LoveGirl
American musician
- Bessie LoveGirl
American silent film actress
- Love Henrik Samuel AntellBoy
Swedish,Finnish singer
- Love (born Arsénio Sebastião Cabungula)Boy
Angolan footballer
- Carl Jonas Love Ludvig AlmqvistBoy
Swedish poet
- Mike LoveBoy
American singer of The Beach Boys
- Kevin LoveBoy
American basketball player
- Davis Love IIIBoy
American golfer
Love in pop culture
- Love MomozomoGirl
character in anime 'Fresh Pretty Cure!"
- LoveGirl
bunny character created by Japanese singer Ai Otsuka
- "All You Need Is Love"Girl
song by The Beatles
- Love QuinnGirl
character from the tv,series “You”
- "Love Story"Girl
Song by Taylor Swift featured on "Fearless"
- Love AikawaBoy
character in anime "Bleach"