Unisex name · since 1969
Covey
Covey has 279 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,027 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,148 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Covey currently ranks #3148 among unisex names in America, with 279 babies recorded since 1969.
Covey has 279 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3148 as of the latest data, more common than 77% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #11,027 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,148 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 279 born since 1969
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Covey ranks #11,027 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,148 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 279 born since 1969, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,027 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,148 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1969
- 2020s
- peak decade
Covey's 279 recorded births place it above 75.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Utah.
How Covey compares
279 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Covey's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Covey | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 279 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 34 | 22,252 |
Covey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Covey's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Covey popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Covey popularity over time - girls
94 total births recorded since 2011 (Covey as girls' name)
Covey by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (112 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Covey's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Covey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
112 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 112 births (40% 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 | | 44 | 15.8% |
44 of 279 births nationwide.
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- Utah records the most Coveys (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Covey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Covey 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.