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Lovell

#6,312 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Lowell

Lovell has been given to 4,044 babies in the U.S. since 1886. In 2025 it ranked #6,312 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1916, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.

Babies named Lovell, 2025

1 in 237,000

Lovell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Lovell over time

In 2025, Lovell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18862025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Lovell: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lowell

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lovell means

Lovell is a variant of Lowell.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lovell → Lowell. The family’s meaning is “wolf”, recorded in the naming reference for Lowell.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lowell.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,412 boys were recorded with the name Lovell between 1886 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 1916; its best national rank was #879 in 1911.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,093 in 2020 to #6,312 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,166 in 2015 to #6,312 in 2025.

In the United States, 632 girls were recorded with the name Lovell between 1901 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,581 in 1912.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Lovell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,312
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lovell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lovell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lovells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lovell was born before 1956 — so the typical Lovell is around 69 today.

Median birth year
1956
About 69 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
11.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
13.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,966
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1950s — 11.0% of all recorded uses (374).

Is Lovell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,669
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,219
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−146
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
30.4%
Peak was 1916 (46)
Years since peak
109
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#879
1911

Spellings of Lovell

Lovell is not the most common spelling — Lowell is, with 43.3% against Lovell's 3.6%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Lovell is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lovell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 111,642 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

011 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 9,091
  2. 2West Virginia1 in 33,333
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 50,000
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 100,000
  7. 7New York1 in 100,000
  8. 8California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lovell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lovell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lovell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 582,021 across all states with data. It was least common in Kentucky (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Kentucky1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lovell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lovell around the world

Where Lovell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Notable people named Lovell

People whose public names include Lovell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lovell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,312
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,219
Best rank ever
#879
1911
Peak year
1916
46 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,412
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,581
1912
Peak year
1924
24 that year
First recorded
1901
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
632
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lovell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JarellHowellLavellTerellJewellDonellJamellDarellLydellJerellRonellMikellPowellRomellPernellLatrellWindellRondellJarrellMartellCarnellMarkellKendellMarcell

Names with a curve like Lovell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lovell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

FlorencioRaoulAnastacioRefugioRichmondWaylandPrenticeThurstonEusebioPorfirioPrentissDavie

Sibling names for Lovell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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