Nova
Rank in 2025
#46
recorded as girls
Down 7 since 2024
#1305
recorded as boys
Down 129 since 2024
Babies in 2025
4,806
girls 4,657 · boys 149
Peak year
2022
5,927 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
59,010
since 1880
Born a Nova? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Nova was most popular in 2022, when 5,927 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 4,657 babies were named Nova, ranking #46 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,657 | 46 | 149 | 1305 |
| 2024 | 5,072 | 39 | 176 | 1176 |
| 2023 | 5,282 | 35 | 237 | 952 |
| 2022 | 5,927 | 32 | 271 | 878 |
| 2021 | 5,574 | 32 | 277 | 851 |
| 2020 | 5,006 | 38 | 317 | 758 |
| 2019 | 4,332 | 51 | 259 | 857 |
| 2018 | 4,174 | 55 | 254 | 862 |
| 2017 | 3,057 | 94 | 230 | 920 |
| 2016 | 2,286 | 136 | 152 | 1229 |
| 2015 | 1,529 | 213 | 129 | 1353 |
| 2014 | 1,136 | 287 | 104 | 1536 |
| 2013 | 567 | 527 | 79 | 1811 |
| 2012 | 463 | 618 | 63 | 2132 |
| 2011 | 295 | 885 | 41 | 2852 |
| 2010 | 218 | 1127 | 37 | 3072 |
| 2009 | 231 | 1105 | 42 | 2847 |
| 2008 | 178 | 1359 | 28 | 3744 |
| 2007 | 147 | 1551 | 23 | 4243 |
| 2006 | 106 | 1905 | 23 | 4105 |
| 2005 | 103 | 1878 | 21 | 4198 |
| 2004 | 114 | 1698 | 22 | 4005 |
| 2003 | 99 | 1858 | 13 | 5558 |
| 2002 | 91 | 1934 | 13 | 5395 |
| 2001 | 86 | 1978 | 19 | 4121 |
| 2000 | 66 | 2332 | 8 | 7416 |
| 1999 | 55 | 2567 | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | 54 | 2530 | 9 | 6314 |
| 1997 | 38 | 3105 | 10 | 5642 |
| 1996 | 24 | 4306 | 5 | 9015 |
| 1995 | 22 | 4518 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 19 | 5016 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 21 | 4671 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 11 | 7512 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 20 | 4808 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 25 | 4003 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 16 | 5286 | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | 19 | 4496 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 20 | 4122 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 26 | 3360 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 38 | 2545 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 36 | 2574 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 36 | 2516 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 50 | 2050 | 7 | 5003 |
| 1981 | 53 | 1985 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 66 | 1704 | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | 70 | 1605 | 6 | 5355 |
| 1978 | 56 | 1804 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 85 | 1341 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 65 | 1551 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 57 | 1672 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 53 | 1709 | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | 48 | 1788 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 58 | 1578 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 46 | 1877 | 6 | 4375 |
| 1970 | 51 | 1755 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 36 | 2102 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 29 | 2246 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 35 | 1980 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 38 | 1859 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 35 | 1950 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 50 | 1610 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 72 | 1298 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 50 | 1598 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 23 | 2543 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 34 | 1953 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 21 | 2517 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 19 | 2663 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 26 | 2168 | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | 31 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 39 | 1641 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 27 | 2027 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 25 | 2071 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 33 | 1713 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 33 | 1665 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 29 | 1764 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 42 | 1423 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 44 | 1386 | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 34 | 1633 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 33 | 1532 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 27 | 1588 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 29 | 1519 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 39 | 1305 | 8 | 2732 |
| 1942 | 42 | 1229 | 6 | 3212 |
| 1941 | 35 | 1294 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 44 | 1088 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 49 | 1009 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 68 | 857 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1937 | 53 | 950 | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | 56 | 909 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 72 | 798 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 78 | 756 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 58 | 887 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 73 | 795 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 75 | 777 | 7 | 3095 |
| 1930 | 75 | 818 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 104 | 690 | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | 84 | 781 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 77 | 839 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 75 | 854 | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | 94 | 764 | 6 | 3741 |
| 1924 | 89 | 788 | 12 | 2473 |
| 1923 | 80 | 819 | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | 86 | 784 | 11 | 2630 |
| 1921 | 91 | 766 | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | 111 | 690 | 12 | 2459 |
| 1919 | 87 | 752 | 9 | 2877 |
| 1918 | 79 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 85 | 753 | 5 | 3981 |
| 1916 | 81 | 761 | 7 | 3177 |
| 1915 | 69 | 791 | 8 | 2829 |
| 1914 | 47 | 855 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 59 | 674 | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | 54 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 36 | 722 | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | 32 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 39 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 36 | 639 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 32 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 27 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 30 | 642 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 24 | 710 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 21 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 18 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 23 | 659 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 29 | 656 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 20 | 704 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 30 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 18 | 735 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 24 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 20 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 18 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 9 | 1023 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 20 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 13 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 15 | 693 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 12 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 15 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 6 | 1036 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 7 | 897 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 12 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 5 | 909 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 95% · boys 5% across all years