Kove
Kove was the 2627th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1743rd with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 8,875 places. More babies were named Kove in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,627 boys, up 2,332 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 50boys
- Girls and boys
- 31% girls, 69% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202296 babies
- Total since 1880
- 548babies recorded
Kove popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #4,412 | #2,627 | 32 | 50 |
| 2020 | #16,421 | #4,959 | 5 | 19 |
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How popular is Kove, counting every spelling?
Kove is a spelling of Cove, a name family that ranked #975 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,627 for Kove on its own. Together these spellings went to 221 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cove | 171 | #1,192 | 692 |
| Kove | 50 | #2,627 | 318 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kove?
50 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kove (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kove born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 167 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kove.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kove?
About 400 people born in the US named Kove are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 3 and 5. That makes Kove a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kove by state
How common Kove was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (7.7×). In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kove: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kove, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kove
How popular is the name Kove?
Kove was the 2627th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1743rd with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 8,875 places. More babies were named Kove in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kove a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 31% girls, 69% boys given the name Kove in the US.
Where is Kove most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kove was most common in Utah (0.28 per 1,000 boys), followed by Idaho and Oklahoma.