girls:
290 births since 2014
#5426 (5th percentile)
boys:
882 births since 1997
#3706 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1997
#6568 (15th percentile)
The name Cove is the #6,568 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,172 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 15.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,706 (19.1% percentile) for all time with 882 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,426 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 290 births since 2014.
Cove first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Cove is available in 22 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (22 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cove has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 60.8% of babies named Cove were boys.
For boys, Cove reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #772) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 79 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cove is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #772 (15.3% percentile) with 79 births per million.
For girls, Cove reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #859) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 53 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cove is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #859 (9.3% percentile) with 53 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cove".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Cove is pronounced as kohv, which has 1 syllables.
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