Boys' name · since 2010
Kovan
26 babies named Kovan in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,991 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kovan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Kovan recorded 26 times among boys since 2010, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2024.
- #26,991 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kovan ranks #26,991 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,991 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kovan's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kovan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kovan's full recorded timeline at 2020, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kovan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Kovan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Kovan's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Kovan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kovan: 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 (~14 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, 2010–2024 (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 Kovan 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.