Covington — #8385 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Covington

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Covington between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Covington currently holds the #8385 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Covington is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 2022.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Covington performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Covington shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Covington 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 27 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.