Tovah
Tovah is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Tovah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tovah is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Tovah
Tovah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1976, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1979: 37 births, good for #2,477 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 28% of all recorded Tovahs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #6,458 among baby girl names with 18 births, rising sharply (+19% over the past five years). In total, more than 684 Tovahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Tovah
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About the name Tovah
Tovah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 684 births in the dataset. Tovah's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #2,477. Use the chart and map above to compare Tovah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.