Tova Girl
How popular is Tova?
#2,607 girl name in 2025
66 baby girls were named Tova in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
Tova popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,607 for girls (▲ 30 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,555 in 2015, #2,416 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (94 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,726 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1942 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tova counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tova family of names ranked #1,841 for girls in 2025 (#1,770 the year before), with 77 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tova | 66 | 86% |
| Tovah | 11 | 14% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tova is most popular
Babies named Tova per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (93 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Tova by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10 | #4,620 |
| 1950s | 65 | #2,979 |
| 1960s | 131 | #2,538 |
| 1970s | 268 | #2,456 |
| 1980s | 448 | #1,726 |
| 1990s | 380 | #2,697 |
| 2000s | 441 | #3,083 |
| 2010s | 574 | #2,464 |
| 2020s | 433 | #2,062 |
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Questions
- Is Tova a boy or girl name?
- Tova is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tova were girls.
- How popular is the name Tova?
- 66 baby girls were named Tova in the US in 2025, making it the 2607th most popular girl name.
- When was Tova most popular?
- Tova peaked in 2023, when 94 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,726 in 1984.
- How many people are named Tova?
- 2,750 babies have been named Tova in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,681 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Tova most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tova was most common in New Jersey, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.