Unisex name · since 2016
Kova
170 babies named Kova in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,484 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,231 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kova currently ranks #5231 among unisex names in America, with 170 babies recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kova has been recorded 170 times among girls since 2016, currently ranked #5231 nationally and more common than 70% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #21,484 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,231 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 170 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kova ranks #21,484 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,231 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 170 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,484 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,231 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kova's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kova compares
170 34th 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
Kova's all-time total is 55% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kova | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 170 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kova's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kova's full recorded timeline at 2021, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kova popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Kova popularity over time - boys
113 total births recorded since 2017 (Kova as boys' name)
Kova by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (117 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Kova's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Kova births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 117 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kova: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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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, 2016–2025 (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 Kova 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.