Tove — #7626 US girls' name
262 babies named Tove in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Tove was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Tove in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tove
The Social Security Administration has registered 262 babies named Tove between 1930 and 2024, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tove currently holds the #7626 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tove performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tove shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tove in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 262 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tove at a glance
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Current rank
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Tove popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1930
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 95 years of records
Currently ranks #7626 among girls.
262 total births across 95 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 20 births in a single year.
Tove by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 81 births that decade — 31% of Tove's all-time total
Tove decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Tove's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1930–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.