Covey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KUV-ee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Covey is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “small flock of birds”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Covey mean?
English: English word and surname
“small flock of birds”
A covey is a small group of partridges or similar game birds.
Is Covey a girl's or a boy's name?
Covey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 25 girls and 38 boys in the US.
How popular is Covey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Covey, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Covey of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Covey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Covey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 159% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Covey, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 1969. 25 girls were also named Covey in 2025 (5,098th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Covey of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Covey in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 40% of the babies named Covey in the US were girls.
Covey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Covey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Finn Conan Ronan Kayden Callan Cassian Finley Renley Conlan Caelan Aiden
Names related to Covey
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Covey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/covey, updated 20 October 2026.