Meaning and history
Love is a modern English word name taken directly from the emotion of deep affection. The word comes through Old English lufu and has also long appeared as a surname. Its use as a given name reflects the broader tradition of virtue names. A notable bearer was Swedish writer Carl Jonas Love Almqvist.
20062006: 52 births, rank #3,176
2007: 77 births, rank #2,433
2008: 81 births, rank #2,380
2009: 85 births, rank #2,286
2010: 90 births, rank #2,167
20112011: 71 births, rank #2,534
2012: 112 births, rank #1,807
2013: 141 births, rank #1,546
2014: 127 births, rank #1,665
2015: 113 births, rank #1,831
20162016: 100 births, rank #1,986
2017: 123 births, rank #1,721
2018: 144 births, rank #1,512
2019: 128 births, rank #1,648
2020: 245 births, rank #1,023
20212021: 251 births, rank #1,016
2022: 386 births, rank #750
2023: 384 births, rank #731
2024: 319 births, rank #848
20252025: 269 births, rank #955
Love moved from #849 to #957 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2022, with 386 births.