girls:
632 births since 1901
#5084 (11th percentile)
boys:
3.4k births since 1886
#2150 (53rd percentile)
overall:
4k births since 1886
#4338 (44th percentile)
The name Lovell is the #4,338 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,008 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 43.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,150 (53.1% percentile) for all time with 3,376 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #5,084 (11.0% percentile) for all time with 632 births since 1901.
Lovell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1901 for girls). Birth data for Lovell is available in 128 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (127 years for boys and 61 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lovell has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.4% of babies named Lovell were boys.
For boys, Lovell reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #461) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 1911, with 62 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lovell ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 11.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lovell reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #591) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 22 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lovell ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 15.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lovell".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Lovell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.2% confident that Lovell is pronounced as LUH-vuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-VEHL, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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