Kove
Masculine
Kove is given to both — 401 boys and 147 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Kove entered the US charts in 2012, peaked at #1737 in 2022, ranks #2604 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Kove?
Kove first appears in US birth records in 2012 — 13 years ago. The typical Kove is a kid of about 3 — this name's wave is very recent. About 400 people named Kove are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kove most popular?
Kove peaked in 2022, reaching #1737 nationally. Today it ranks #2604, 867 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2012
- Most boys named
- 202296 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1737reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- +6.4%50 in 2025, from 47
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kove in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Utah, Texas, California.
Koves among us
people named Kove are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was named Kove
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kove
- #2604
- Kove on the 2025 chart
- #709
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kove went to 50 boys in 2025, but Cove is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 221, which makes it the 709th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,895 places above the chart.
- Cove171
- Kove50
About 1 boy in 7,729 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 34,162 for Kove itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Johnathen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kove's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Johnathen climbed just as high around 1995, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Johnathen's path sketches the road Kove is walking now.
Kove sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kove is headed
Kove looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 24% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kove beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kove in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Masculine · #2604 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Koves are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Kove are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kove?
- Kove is one of 2 recorded spellings. Cove is the more common one — 171 births in 2025 against 50 for Kove.
- How popular is the name Kove in 2025?
- Kove ranks #2604 among US boy names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kove?
- About 1 in every 34,162 US boys born in 2025 was named Kove — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kove with classmates?
- Kove will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kove
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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