Lovely is an uncommon girls' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2023.
Lovely is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,228 for girl births in the United States (and #4,033 across all names), given to 83 babies. Lovely was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 2023 (104 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | 83 | #2,228 | — |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | #2,091 | — |
| 2023 | 104 | 104 | #1,915 | — |
| 2022 | 95 | 95 | #2,043 | — |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | #2,358 | — |
| 2020 | 71 | 71 | #2,459 | — |
| 2019 | 91 | 91 | #2,085 | — |
| 2018 | 73 | 73 | #2,452 | — |
| 2017 | 72 | 72 | #2,500 | — |
| 2016 | 61 | 61 | #2,818 | — |
| 2015 | 69 | 69 | #2,606 | — |
| 2014 | 82 | 82 | #2,282 | — |
| 2013 | 71 | 71 | #2,522 | — |
| 2012 | 82 | 82 | #2,303 | — |
| 2011 | 56 | 56 | #3,036 | — |
| 2010 | 84 | 84 | #2,282 | — |
| 2009 | 87 | 87 | #2,260 | — |
| 2008 | 46 | 46 | #3,561 | — |
| 2007 | 43 | 43 | #3,759 | — |
| 2006 | 40 | 40 | #3,830 | — |
| 2005 | 45 | 45 | #3,392 | — |
| 2004 | 35 | 35 | #4,056 | — |
| 2003 | 32 | 32 | #4,162 | — |
| 2002 | 39 | 39 | #3,501 | — |
| 2001 | 30 | 30 | #4,156 | — |
| 2000 | 36 | 36 | #3,628 | — |
| 1999 | 35 | 35 | #3,547 | — |
| 1998 | 34 | 34 | #3,538 | — |
| 1997 | 25 | — | #4,317 | — |
| 1996 | 27 | — | #4,008 | — |
| 1995 | 18 | — | #5,348 | — |
| 1994 | 27 | — | #3,962 | — |
| 1993 | 18 | — | #5,352 | — |
| 1992 | 18 | — | #5,393 | — |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,107 | — |
| 1990 | 20 | — | #4,795 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | — | #7,797 | — |
| 1988 | 17 | — | #4,970 | — |
| 1987 | 17 | — | #4,790 | — |
| 1986 | 23 | — | #3,711 | — |
| 1985 | 17 | — | #4,566 | — |
| 1984 | 16 | — | #4,635 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #5,662 | — |
| 1982 | 15 | — | #4,840 | — |
| 1981 | 16 | — | #4,642 | — |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #4,650 | — |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #4,977 | — |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #3,852 | — |
| 1977 | 14 | — | #4,810 | — |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #6,992 | — |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #4,727 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #7,810 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #7,032 | — |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #6,112 | — |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #6,241 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #6,285 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #7,149 | — |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #5,003 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #5,954 | — |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #5,200 | — |
| 1957 | 11 | — | #3,831 | — |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #3,942 | — |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #4,328 | — |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #4,563 | — |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #3,098 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #4,202 | — |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #5,386 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,974 | — |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #4,033 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,762 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #4,128 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,654 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #3,046 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #4,029 | — |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,594 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,808 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,765 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,258 | — |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,864 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #5,385 | — |
| 1921 | 8 | — | #3,872 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,708 | — |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,658 | — |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,605 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | — | #4,332 |