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Lovis

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Loud, famous + battle, through Lovisa

Lovis has been given to 94 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1929, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% boys, 28% girls all-time.

Babies named Lovis, 1978

1 in 529,000

Lovis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lovis over time

In 1978, Lovis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19131978

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.

Lovis: meaning, origin, and history

Loud, famous + battle, through Lovisa

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lovis means

Lovis belongs to the name family reached through Lovis → Lovisa → Louise → Louise → Louis. Its meaning is “loud, famous + battle”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lovis is used in Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lovisa, Louise and Louis.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 68 boys were recorded with the name Lovis between 1913 and 1978. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1929; its best national rank was #2,877 in 1929.

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Lovis between 1924 and 1933. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1930; its best national rank was #4,331 in 1930.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lovis?

Lovis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1978, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1978
1 in 529,000
6 of 3,173,639 births
Among boys only
1 in 274,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1978
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
366,634 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lovis 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 1978 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 366,634 children born in 1978 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lovis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Loviss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lovis was born before 1922 — so the typical Lovis is around 103 today.

Median birth year
1922
About 103 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
38.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
8.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
6
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1920s — 38.2% of all recorded uses (26).

Is Lovis 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1929 (9)
Years since peak
96
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,877
1929

Spellings of Lovis

Lovis is not the most common spelling — Louis is, with 32.0% against Lovis's <0.01%.

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.

Lovis around the world

Where Lovis 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.

  • France
    2008–2008
    #4,776
    in 2008
  • South Australia
    2007–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lovis by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,877
1929
Peak year
1929
9 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
1978
All-time count
68
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,331
1930
Peak year
1930
6 that year
First recorded
1924
Last recorded
1933
All-time count
26
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Lovis

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

LovelDeyvisRavisLevisLovenskyTivisLovelleHavisDeivisLovicMavisHarvisLovickQuavisLoveLovieGurvisLovettDelvisMelvisLovelyIvisKevisJavis

Sibling names for Lovis

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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