Is Cove a boy or girl name?

Cove is a unisex name. Of the 1,696 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 27.8% were girls and 72.2% were boys.

Cove

Recorded 1997–2025 · United States

Cove was most popular in 2025, when 271 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,814 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,814, with 271 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,696 people named Cove.

Cove over time

Births per year. The dot marks Cove’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Cove a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Cove is a unisex name — 27.8% of the 1,696 Americans given it were girls and 72.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Cove

Where Cove is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org