Cove**
#3,467 most common boys' name of all time · #8,453 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1997–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,467
Rank overall
#8,453 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
1,696
Since 2016
1,461
Peak year
2025 #1,191
Best rank
#1,191 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 271/yr
Cove first appears in 1997. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 171 | 271 | #1,191 |
| 2024 | 81 | 168 | 249 | #1,210 |
| 2023 | 94 | 145 | 239 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 80 | 136 | 216 | #1,378 |
| 2021 | 40 | 72 | 112 | #2,059 |
| 2020 | 27 | 72 | 99 | #1,994 |
| 2019 | 15 | 83 | 98 | #1,838 |
| 2018 | 9 | 58 | 67 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 8 | 51 | 59 | #2,528 |
| 2016 | 7 | 44 | 51 | #2,771 |
| 2015 | 5 | 53 | 58 | #2,426 |
| 2014 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #4,495 |
| 2013 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,730 |
| 2012 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,795 |
| 2011 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,943 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,685 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,552 |
| 2008 | — | 15 | 15 | #6,015 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,451 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,145 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,648 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,081 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,761 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,549 |