NameTides

Tova

Tova was the #2,607 girls' name in the US in 2025 (66 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Tova as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Tova as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Tova as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#2,607 (66)#5,927 (3)——#3,478 (5)
2024#2,637 (66)#2,772 (9)———
2023#2,062 (94)#2,928 (8)#749 (3)—#2,027 (10)
2022#2,295 (81)#3,149 (7)——#2,553 (7)
2021#3,037 (54)#3,192 (7)——#2,893 (6)
2020#2,416 (72)#3,447 (6)——#2,591 (7)
2019#2,962 (55)#5,591 (3)———
2018#2,810 (60)#4,684 (4)—#434 (3)#1,996 (10)
2017#2,464 (73)#2,201 (12)——#3,307 (5)
2016#2,617 (67)#2,367 (11)——#2,195 (9)
2015#2,555 (70)#2,705 (9)———
2014#3,652 (42)#3,514 (6)——#2,374 (8)
2013#3,404 (46)#4,050 (5)——#3,286 (5)
2012#2,805 (62)#3,681 (6)———
2011#3,550 (44)#2,893 (8)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #2,062.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tova is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tova by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #404NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Tova (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TovaCanadaGirls#3,4785
TovaEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
TovaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TovaScotlandGirls—too few
TovaUSGirls#2,60766