Boys' name · since 2014
Kovu
Kovu has 89 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,168 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,591 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kovu is the #7591 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 89 recorded since 2014.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kovu has been recorded 89 times among boys since 2014, currently ranked #7591 nationally and more common than 46% of boys, 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 2014 to 2025.
- #18,168 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,591 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 89 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kovu ranks #18,168 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,591 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 89 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,168 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,591 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kovu's 89 recorded births place it above 59.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kovu compares
89 24th 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
Kovu's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kovu | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 89 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kovu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kovu's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kovu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kovu by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (63 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Kovu's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Kovu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 63 births (71% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kovu: 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 (~11 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, 2014–2025 (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 Kovu 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.