Cove

Boy · recorded 1997–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.7 to 1)

  • #1,191in 2025
  • 1 in 9,988boys in 2025
  • +262%last ten years

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 262% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1997

05010019972004201120182025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 24 recorded years as a table
Cove, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19973
20013
20033
20044
20062
20072
20087
20096
20108
201110
201215
201315
201411
201528
201623
201728
201832
201946
202042
202141
202278
202385
202498
2025100

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Florida 1.3×
  2. California 0.9×
  3. Texas 0.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
171
Rank in 2025
#1,191
How rare
1 in 9,988 boys
Since 1997
1,224

Most popular in 2025, at 100 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 262% per million boys born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Florida1.3×34
California0.9×45
Texas0.7×35

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.