Lovetta vs Lovina
American parents have registered 2,479 Lovinas since 1880, against 1,008 Lovettas. Lovina is still ahead, with 45 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lovetta Lovina
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 144 years in which either name was published, Lovina for 113 years and Lovetta for 31 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.
- 1880–1932 Lovina ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1933–1941 Lovetta ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1945–1948 Lovina ahead
- 1951–1969 Lovetta ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1970–2025 Lovina ahead, apart from one short spell
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Lovetta | Lovina | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,008 | 2,479 |
| Most in one year | 25 | 48 |
| Babies in 2025 | 5 | 45 |
| Estimated living today | 520 | 1,500 |
| Median age today | 65 | 25 |
| Peak year | 1928 | 2023 |
| Best rank | 1,637th girls | 3,329th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 14,942nd | 3,389th |
| First recorded | 1910 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 1,008 / 0 | 2,479 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lovettas alive today are over 65; half the Lovinas are over 25. That is 40 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lovetta and Lovina.