Cove

What Cove means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Cove yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,412 in 2015, #1,191 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Cove?

US: Rising: up from #2412 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 171 boys got the name (#1191 that year). First in the US records in 1997.

How common

• About 1 in 9,989 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,126 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,786 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.51 per 1,000 boys), OR (0.4 per 1,000 boys), TN (0.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Cove is #1191 in the US and #444 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 63.1% of US babies named Cove were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kove50 US · 11 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cove

Boys

• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025

For a sister

• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cove’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.