Kove Boy & girl
How popular is Kove?
#2,604 boy name in 2025
50 baby boys were named Kove in the US in 2025, making it the 2604th most popular boy name. Another 32 girls got the name (#4,351 for girls).
Kove popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,604 for boys (▲ 146 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 50 boys, 32 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+733% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #10,638 in 2015, #4,851 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (96 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,737 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 2012 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 72% boys, 28% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kove 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 Kove is most popular
Babies named Kove per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kove by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kove
Questions
- Is Kove a boy or girl name?
- Kove is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 72% of babies named Kove were boys and 28% were girls.
- How popular is the name Kove?
- 50 baby boys were named Kove in the US in 2025, making it the 2604th most popular boy name. Another 32 girls got the name (#4,351 for girls).
- When was Kove most popular?
- Kove peaked in 2022, when 96 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,737 in 2022.
- How many people are named Kove?
- 548 babies have been named Kove in the US since 1880. We estimate about 546 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Kove most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kove was most common in Utah, at 0.3 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.