Tova

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tova: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tova: Recorded since 2001, it reached #434 in 2018, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#434highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2004	#4598
2005	#3382
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#2893
2012	#3681
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#2705
2016	#2367
2017	#2201
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#3447
2021	#3192
2022	#3148
2023	#2927
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2018: #434 among girls in Northern Ireland, #4684 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Tova by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tova in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	26	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	68	10 of 10	7
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tova appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #434 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Tova's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #434, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lettie · #434, 17y
A-Jay · #433, 20y
Brodi · #433, 21y
Egan · #433, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Lettie · #434, 17y
A-Jay · #433, 20y
Edvinas · #435, 14y
Egan · #433, 18y

Tova was ranked #434 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tova and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tova without appearing here.

Tova moved ahead of

Kari Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5591 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.
Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Tova

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1436.
Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #2085.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2706 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2340.

Moved the same way as Tova

Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tova went from #5201 to #2771 and Blake from #5201 to #432.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Tova went from #4688 to #2771 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #434 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Tova at a glance

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Tova by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Tova at a glance

Tova by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Tova moved ahead of

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