Cove Boy & girl
How popular is Cove?
#1,191 boy name in 2025
171 baby boys were named Cove in the US in 2025, making it the 1191st most popular boy name. Another 100 girls got the name (#1,927 for girls).
Cove popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,191 for boys (▲ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 171 boys, 100 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+223% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,411 in 2015, #1,977 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (171 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,191 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1997 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 68% boys, 32% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cove counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cove family of names ranked #939 for boys in 2025 (#954 the year before), with 221 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cove | 171 | 77% |
| Kove | 50 | 23% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cove is most popular
Babies named Cove per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Cove by decade
Boy names about as popular as Cove
Questions
- Is Cove a boy or girl name?
- Cove is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 68% of babies named Cove were boys and 32% were girls.
- How popular is the name Cove?
- 171 baby boys were named Cove in the US in 2025, making it the 1191st most popular boy name. Another 100 girls got the name (#1,927 for girls).
- When was Cove most popular?
- Cove peaked in 2025, when 171 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,191 in 2025.
- How many people are named Cove?
- 1,696 babies have been named Cove in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,690 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Cove most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cove was most common in Utah, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.