Cova — #7603 US girls' name
125 babies named Cova in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Cova was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Cova in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cova
The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Cova between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cova currently holds the #7603 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cova performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cova shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cova in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cova in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 125 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cova at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cova popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (2024)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #7603 among girls.
125 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 14 births in a single year.
Cova popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1918 (Cova as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Cova accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cova by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 50 births that decade — 40% of Cova's all-time total
Cova decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Cova's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Cova by state
Where Cova concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 38 | 30.4% |
38 of 125 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 30.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 30.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.