Cove
#1,192 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Cove has been given to 1,696 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #1,192 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 171 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% boys, 28% girls all-time.
Babies named Cove, 2025
1 in 19,400
Cove over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Cove over time
In 2025, Cove went to 37% girls and 63% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Cove?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 19,400
- 171 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 9,990
- 0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,192
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 13,439 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Cove sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 13,439 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cove. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Coves were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Cove was born before 2022 — so the typical Cove is around 3 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 62.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 99.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,224
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 62.4% of all recorded uses (764).
Is Cove rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +14
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +789
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,222
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 3.23×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (171)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 37.7% average annual change
Spellings of Cove
Cove is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 27.6% against Cove's 0.06%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Cove is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Cove was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 3,704 boys, against 1 in 19,971 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 3,704
- 2Tennessee1 in 10,000
- 3Arkansas1 in 12,500
- 4Oregon1 in 14,286
- 5California1 in 16,667
- 6Indiana1 in 16,667
- 7Florida1 in 20,000
- 8Washington1 in 20,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Cove is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Cove was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 5,882 girls, against 1 in 42,200 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Utah1 in 5,882
- 2Florida1 in 25,000
- 3North Carolina1 in 33,333
- 4Arizona1 in 50,000
- 5California1 in 50,000
- 6Illinois1 in 100,000
- 7Texas1 in 100,000
- 8Virginia1 in 100,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Cove around the world
Where Cove ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2014–2025#444in 2025
- Scotland2022–2025#316in 2025
- Ireland2025–2025#676in 2025
- Canada2013–2024#1,536in 2024
- South Australia2010–2010#754in 2010
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Cove by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Cove
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Cove
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.