Girls' name · since 1976
Tovah
660 babies named Tovah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,014 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 660
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tovah is the #9014 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 660 recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Tovah recorded 660 times among girls since 1976, holding rank #9014 nationally today, ahead of 48% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #9,908 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,014 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 660 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tovah ranks #9,908 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,014 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 660 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,014 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 660
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tovah's 660 recorded births place it above 86.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Tovah compares
660 Top 40% higher than 60% of 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
Tovah's all-time total is 76% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tovah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 660 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tovah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tovah's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tovah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Tovah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (194 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Tovah's strongest decade.
194 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Tovah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 74
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
194 births
- 1990s 65
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
110 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s
2020s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 194 births (29% of all-time use).
How Tovah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tovah's total volume
Tovah by state
Where Tovah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 16 | 2.4% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 0.9% |
16 of 660 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Tovah's data
- Tovah's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (194 total births) through the 2020s (87) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Tovahs (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tovah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Tovah 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.