How Many People Are Named Gay Love?
There are approximately 3 people named Gay Love living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 114,251,446 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Gay with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Love. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
3
1 in 114,251,446 Americans
Combination Rarity
Very Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Gay: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Gay. The peak year was 1959 with 692 births. The average person named Gay today is 71 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Gay
In the 2020 Census, the first name Gay was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (84.32%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (6.21%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (5.99%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Gay in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Gay rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Love Surname
The surname Love was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Love in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Gay" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Love" appears at a rate of 28.00 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Gay are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 3 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
Other people named Gay
Other people with the surname Love
Gay Love: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Gay Love?
We estimate approximately 3 people named Gay Love are alive in the United States today. The first name Gay is shared by 10,004 Americans, and the surname Love is shared by 95,971.
How rare is the name Gay Love?
This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 114,251,446 Americans. The first name Gay is uncommon and the surname Love is uncommon.
Is Gay a male or female name?
Gay is predominantly female, with 7.1% of bearers being male and 92.9% female. It peaked in popularity in 1959 and the average bearer today is 71 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Gay?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Gay was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (84.32%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (6.21%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (5.99%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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