Tova
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TOH-vuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Tova is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “good”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Tova mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word; also a Swedish name from Old Norse Tofa
“good”
In Hebrew Tova means good; the Swedish name Tova is unrelated, coming from the Old Norse Tofa.
Is Tova a girl's or a boy's name?
Tova is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tova in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Tova, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Tova than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Tova in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Tova in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Tova in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Tova, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,416th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Tova in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were given Tova or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,026, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
- Tova 66
- Tovah 11
Tova in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 94 | #2,062 |
| 2022 | 81 | #2,295 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 72 | #2,416 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 73 | #2,464 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,617 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,083 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,081 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,992 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,409 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Names like Tova
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ava Mia Eliana Lara Aria Ariana Mara Ariella Esme Zara Talia Mila
Other spellings of Tova
Names related to Tova
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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, “Tova: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tova, updated 20 October 2026.