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Love

Pronounced L AH1 V (ARPABET)

  • 1 syllable
  • Peaked 2022
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Love?

Love is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 5,494 children — the 2,228th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 386 children were given it.

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2022Girls: 386Boys: 32

Characteristics

  • 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
L AH1 V
Stress pattern:
1
Syllables:
1

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Love

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Love

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Love?
Love ranks 2,228th among girls' names in US records, with 5,494 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,193.
Is Love a unisex name?
No. Love is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Love most popular?
2022, when 386 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.