Covey — #4097 US boys' name
241 babies named Covey in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Covey was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Covey in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Covey
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Covey between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Covey currently holds the #4097 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Covey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 68 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Covey performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Covey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Covey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Covey 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 241 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.
Covey at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Covey popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (2024)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #4097 among boys.
241 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 26 births in a single year.
Covey popularity over time — girls
68 total births recorded since 2011 (Covey as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Covey accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Covey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 74 births that decade — 31% of Covey's all-time total
Covey decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Covey's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Covey by state
Where Covey concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 26 | 10.8% |
26 of 241 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 10.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 10.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1969–2024 (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.