Love is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2022.
Love is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #957 among girls (269) and #4,804 among boys (21) — overall #1,735 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 290 | 290 | #957 | #4,804 |
| 2024 | 344 | 344 | #849 | #4,279 |
| 2023 | 412 | 412 | #732 | #3,953 |
| 2022 | 418 | 418 | #750 | #3,583 |
| 2021 | 272 | 272 | #1,018 | #4,713 |
| 2020 | 259 | 259 | #1,026 | #6,168 |
| 2019 | 140 | 140 | #1,651 | #7,019 |
| 2018 | 153 | 153 | #1,517 | #8,570 |
| 2017 | 133 | 133 | #1,733 | #7,923 |
| 2016 | 105 | 105 | #1,990 | #13,432 |
| 2015 | 123 | 123 | #1,837 | #7,832 |
| 2014 | 140 | 140 | #1,669 | #6,496 |
| 2013 | 141 | 141 | #1,552 | — |
| 2012 | 122 | 122 | #1,817 | #7,910 |
| 2011 | 71 | 71 | #2,545 | — |
| 2010 | 102 | 102 | #2,181 | #6,938 |
| 2009 | 85 | 85 | #2,304 | — |
| 2008 | 86 | 86 | #2,393 | #13,796 |
| 2007 | 89 | 89 | #2,449 | #6,912 |
| 2006 | 58 | 58 | #3,204 | #11,504 |
| 2005 | 61 | 61 | #3,195 | #6,470 |
| 2004 | 60 | 60 | #3,053 | #7,938 |
| 2003 | 57 | 57 | #3,161 | #7,045 |
| 2002 | 52 | 52 | #3,086 | #11,774 |
| 2001 | 57 | 57 | #2,995 | #7,275 |
| 2000 | 62 | 62 | #2,658 | #9,842 |
| 1999 | 40 | 40 | #3,931 | #6,325 |
| 1998 | 33 | 33 | #4,318 | #8,113 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #6,051 | — |
| 1996 | 30 | — | #4,524 | #7,654 |
| 1995 | 23 | — | #5,589 | #8,458 |
| 1994 | 19 | — | #7,398 | #7,451 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | #6,884 | #6,601 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | #8,471 | #8,047 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #7,736 | #6,292 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #8,255 | — |
| 1989 | 18 | — | #6,786 | #7,546 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #5,208 | #6,927 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #5,474 | — |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #6,408 | #7,399 |
| 1985 | 19 | — | #5,544 | #6,228 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | #5,403 | — |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #8,592 | #5,937 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | #3,854 | — |
| 1981 | 15 | — | #4,856 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,432 | — |
| 1979 | 29 | — | #3,615 | #5,160 |
| 1978 | 27 | — | #3,581 | #5,505 |
| 1977 | 32 | — | #2,642 | — |
| 1976 | 41 | — | #2,417 | #4,726 |
| 1975 | 37 | — | #2,853 | #3,354 |
| 1974 | 38 | — | #2,584 | #3,729 |
| 1973 | 31 | — | #2,879 | #4,335 |
| 1972 | 36 | — | #2,379 | #5,455 |
| 1971 | 30 | — | #3,020 | #4,210 |
| 1970 | 19 | — | #3,376 | — |
| 1969 | 12 | — | #4,321 | — |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #6,682 | — |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #5,246 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #6,239 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #7,114 | #4,241 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,793 | — |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #5,648 | — |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #6,274 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #7,135 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,344 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #4,686 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | — | — | #4,155 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #6,057 | — |
| 1951 | 11 | — | — | #2,448 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #3,837 | #3,208 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | — | #3,189 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #5,766 | #3,598 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #4,247 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,956 | — |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #3,064 | #2,772 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | — | #3,844 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | — | #3,866 |
| 1941 | 13 | — | #4,225 | #3,030 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,761 | — |
| 1939 | 10 | — | — | #2,380 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | #4,715 | #2,272 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | — | #3,372 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #4,028 | #2,641 |
| 1934 | 17 | — | #3,657 | #2,494 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,284 | — |
| 1932 | 31 | — | #1,852 | #2,267 |
| 1931 | 19 | — | #3,707 | #2,278 |
| 1930 | 31 | — | #1,729 | #2,916 |
| 1929 | 26 | — | #2,062 | #2,877 |
| 1928 | 27 | — | #2,892 | #2,015 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | #2,981 | #3,058 |
| 1926 | 27 | — | #2,310 | #2,664 |
| 1925 | 24 | — | #2,710 | #2,686 |
| 1924 | 35 | — | #2,267 | #1,938 |
| 1923 | 23 | — | #3,257 | #2,399 |
| 1922 | 29 | — | #2,889 | #2,000 |
| 1921 | 30 | — | #2,251 | #2,452 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | #2,421 | #2,542 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | #2,913 | #2,111 |
| 1918 | 27 | — | #2,249 | #2,636 |
| 1917 | 30 | — | #2,152 | #2,148 |
| 1916 | 34 | — | #1,844 | #2,012 |
| 1915 | 33 | — | #1,767 | #2,029 |
| 1914 | 27 | — | #2,360 | #1,531 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | #1,845 | #3,085 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,758 |
| 1911 | 22 | — | #1,506 | #1,092 |
| 1910 | 20 | — | #1,392 | #1,269 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | — | #993 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | #2,306 | #1,174 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | #1,467 | #1,282 |
| 1906 | 16 | — | #1,501 | #972 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | #1,369 | #1,046 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | #2,044 | #1,323 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,516 | — |
| 1902 | 14 | — | #1,938 | #838 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #1,414 | — |
| 1900 | 15 | — | #1,514 | #1,124 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | #1,149 | #1,076 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | #1,333 | — |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #1,369 | — |
| 1895 | 11 | — | #1,517 | #1,188 |
| 1894 | 18 | — | #1,035 | #831 |
| 1893 | 16 | — | #939 | #1,131 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | #992 | — |
| 1891 | 15 | — | #926 | #1,059 |
| 1890 | 20 | — | #1,060 | #585 |
| 1889 | 16 | — | #874 | #942 |
| 1888 | 16 | — | #1,095 | #735 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #800 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | — | #675 |
| 1885 | 15 | — | #824 | #810 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | — | #735 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #1,033 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #894 | — |