How Many People Are Named Ove?
people named Ove are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 341,784,857 people in the US has this name
Based on 40 babies named Ove in Social Security records from 1915 to 1934, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Population Percentage
Of US population
Peak Year
7 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Probably a modern form of the Old Danish name Aghi, originally a short form of names that contain the Old Norse element ag "edge of a sword" or agi "terror".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ove in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ove alive today is about 93 years old, and 100% are 60 or older.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ove first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1931, to 7 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1934.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 1934
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