girls:
1.7k births since 1888
#4095 (28th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1888
#6082 (21st percentile)
The name Lovella is the #6,082 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,667 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 21.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,095 (28.3% percentile) for all time with 1,667 births since 1888.
Lovella first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for girls in 1888). Birth data for Lovella is available in 100 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Lovella reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #574) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 46 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2015, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Lovella ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 33.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lovella".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lovella. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.3% confident that Lovella is pronounced as luh-VEH-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is loh-VEH-luh, at 44.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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