Kovu
#7,447 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kovu has been given to 89 babies in the U.S. since 2014. In 2025 it ranked #7,447 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 15 recorded.
Babies named Kovu, 2025
1 in 301,000
Kovu 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Kovu?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 155,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #7,447
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kovu 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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kovu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kovus were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kovu was born before 2022 — so the typical Kovu is around 3 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 70.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 89
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 70.8% of all recorded uses (63).
Is Kovu 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
- −1,399
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +992
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 73.3%
- Peak was 2024 (15)
- Years since peak
- 1
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 36.8% average annual change
Spellings of Kovu
Kovu is not the most common spelling — Kody is, with 17.6% against Kovu's 0.07%.
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.
Kovu around the world
Where Kovu 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 & Wales2022–2022#4,002in 2022
- South Australia2011–2011#784in 2011
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kovu by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Kovu
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kovu
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.