Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tova

#3,640 most common girls' name of all time · #6,214 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1942–2025

Rank among girls
#3,640
Rank overall
#6,214 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
2,750
Since 2016
688
Peak year
2023 #2,065
Best rank
#1,739 1984
Girls Boys peak 94/yr
1960198020002020

Tova first appears in 1942. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 66 — 66 #2,618
2024 66 — 66 #2,645
2023 94 — 94 #2,065
2022 81 — 81 #2,301
2021 54 — 54 #3,046
2020 72 — 72 #2,425
2019 55 — 55 #2,972
2018 60 — 60 #2,816
2017 73 — 73 #2,471
2016 67 — 67 #2,624
2015 70 — 70 #2,564
2014 42 — 42 #3,672
2013 46 — 46 #3,419
2012 62 — 62 #2,812
2011 44 — 44 #3,567
2010 55 — 55 #3,048
2009 42 — 42 #3,751
2008 55 — 55 #3,092
2007 54 — 54 #3,175
2006 37 — 37 #4,013
2005 43 — 43 #3,478
2004 43 — 43 #3,453
2003 39 — 39 #3,609
2002 46 — 46 #3,113
2001 44 — 44 #3,159
2000 38 — 38 #3,477
1999 31 — 31 #3,823
1998 35 — 35 #3,450
1997 42 — 42 #2,895
1996 39 — 39 #3,051
1995 39 — 39 #2,995
1994 42 — 42 #2,855
1993 37 — 37 #3,126
1992 34 — 34 #3,285
1991 44 — 44 #2,719
1990 37 — 37 #3,039
1989 35 — 35 #3,061
1988 44 — 44 #2,468
1987 50 — 50 #2,177
1986 52 — 52 #2,062
1985 51 — 51 #2,088
1984 63 — 63 #1,739
1983 51 — 51 #2,006
1982 30 — 30 #2,981
1981 40 — 40 #2,427
1980 32 — 32 #2,821
1979 37 — 37 #2,502
1978 31 — 31 #2,709
1977 28 — 28 #2,865
1976 27 — 27 #2,828
1975 32 — 32 #2,489
1974 23 — 23 #3,050
1973 21 — 21 #3,181
1972 24 — 24 #2,865
1971 24 — 24 #2,916
1970 21 — 21 #3,168
1969 20 — 20 #3,058
1968 24 — 24 #2,596
1967 9 — 9 #4,819
1966 14 — 14 #3,491
1965 8 — 8 #5,079
1964 15 — 15 #3,470
1963 13 — 13 #3,744
1962 18 — 18 #3,009
1961 10 — 10 #4,420
1959 16 — 16 #3,070
1958 5 — 5 #6,590
1957 8 — 8 #4,793
1955 5 — 5 #6,384
1954 9 — 9 #4,205
1953 12 — 12 #3,449
1952 5 — 5 #6,105
1950 5 — 5 #5,855
1948 5 — 5 #5,827
1942 5 — 5 #5,371