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Kova

Gender
Mostly girls
Say it
KOH-vuh
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#5,098 for girls

Kova is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).

Where does Kova come from?

Modern: modern coinage, likely Nova with a K

Is Kova a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Kova has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls and 9 boys in the US.

How popular is Kova in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,098among girls
Babies in 2025
25about 1 in 64,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Kova, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016. 9 boys were also named Kova in 2025 (8,239th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Kova in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 55% of the babies named Kova in the US in 2018, and 74% in 2025.

2016Busiest: 26 in 20242025
Kova in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202525#5,098
202426#5,018
202317#6,675
20229#10,377
202117#6,686
202023#5,310
201922#5,608
201818#6,517
20177#12,709
20166#14,326

Names like Kova

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Rynlee Oaklynn Brynlee Wrenley Lakelynn Braelynn Koda Kaisley Xyla Keyla Nova Kensley

Names related to Kova

Kove Kovi Kovu

More Modern names

Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Mya Ailani

Every Modern name

Sources

Figures from 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, “Kova: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kova, updated 20 October 2026.