Girls' name · since 1930
Tove
Since 1930, U.S. Social Security records show 279 babies named Tove, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,593 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1930
- 2020s
- peak decade
279 babies have been named Tove since 1930, making it today's #6593 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tove has been recorded 279 times among girls since 1930, currently ranked #6593 nationally and more common than 62% of girls, 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 1930 to 2025.
- #16,538 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,593 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 279 born since 1930
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tove ranks #16,538 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,593 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 279 born since 1930, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,593 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1930
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tove's 279 recorded births place it above 77.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tove compares
279 44th percentile among 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
Tove's all-time total is 26% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tove | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tove's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tove's full recorded timeline at 1996, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tove popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Tove by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (98 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Tove's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Tove births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 28
1960s
28 births
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 98 births (35% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tove: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~95 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, 1930–2025 (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 Tove 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.