Kove
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHV
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Kove is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “small sheltered bay”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Kove mean?
English: respelling of the word cove
“small sheltered bay”
A respelling of cove, the English word for a small, sheltered bay.
Is Kove a girl's or a boy's name?
Kove is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 32 girls and 50 boys in the US.
How popular is Kove in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 225% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Kove, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Kove of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
In 2025, 109 boys in the UK were given Kove or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #422, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Cove 98
- Kove 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Kove in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
How popular is Kove in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 222% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Kove, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 96 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012. 32 girls were also named Kove in 2025 (4,351st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kove in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 221 boys in the US were given Kove or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #932, up from #2,604 for this spelling alone.
- Cove 171
- Kove 50
In 2025, 39% of the babies named Kove in the US were girls.
Kove in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,289 |
| 2022 | 96 | #1,737 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
Names like Kove
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Kayden Ronan Reeve Reign Lochlan Cassian Kian Brody Rowan Callan Finley
Other spellings of Kove
Names related to Kove
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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, “Kove: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kove, updated 20 October 2026.