Girls' name · since 1913
Cova
138 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.
- #23,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,920 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 138
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
138 babies have been named Cova since 1913, making it today's #7920 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Cova recorded 138 times among girls since 1913, holding rank #7920 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #23,624 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,920 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 138 born since 1913
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cova ranks #23,624 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,920 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 138 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.
- #23,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,920 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 138
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Cova's 138 recorded births place it above 67.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
How Cova compares
138 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cova's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cova | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 138 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cova's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cova's SSA record in two at 1923 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cova popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Cova popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1918 (Cova as boys' name)
Cova by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (50 births, 36% of the file).
1910s was Cova's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Cova births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
50 births
- 1920s
1920s
42 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 50 births (36% 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 | 27.5% |
38 of 138 births nationwide.
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What to do with Cova's data
- Cova's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Kentucky records the most Covas (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cova: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cova draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.