Boys' name · since 1994
Koven
185 babies named Koven in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,441 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,251 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Koven currently ranks #9251 among boys' names in America, with 185 babies recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Koven recorded 185 times among boys since 1994, holding rank #9251 nationally today, ahead of 34% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #13,441 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,251 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 185 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Koven ranks #13,441 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,251 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 185 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,441 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,251 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Koven's 185 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Koven compares
185 36th 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
Koven's all-time total is 50% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Koven | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Koven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Koven's full recorded timeline at 2015, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Koven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Koven by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Koven's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Koven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Koven's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Koven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Koven 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.