How Many People Are Named Tove?
An estimated 243 people in the United States have the first name Tove. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Tove peaked in popularity in 2023 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tove as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tove paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
243
About 1 in 1,410,512 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2023
20 births
Total Registered
262
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tove
Tove is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 262 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tove as a female name
Ranked #7,891 in 2024
14 female births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (20 births)
Tove: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tove span from the 1930s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 81 babies were registered. Tove remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Tove by Decade
How has Tove tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tove + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tove as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tove
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tove: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tove?
We estimate approximately 243 people named Tove are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,410,512 Americans share this first name.
Is Tove a common name?
Tove is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 262 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tove most popular?
Tove reached peak popularity in 2023, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tove is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tove a female name?
Tove is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tove Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tove Smith, Tove Johnson, Tove Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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