Coven

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Coven by the numbers

Coven was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Coven

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Coven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cohenpriest; kohanim1,115 in the US (2017)
  • Covesmall bay or inlet87 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cowenhollow; from place name Cowan5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Coen235 in the US (2017)
  • Covey20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Coben10 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Coven

Names that are said the same way as Coven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Covin7 in the US (2017)
  • Kovan5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Koven3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Coven

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