Nova in California
Babies in California
4,677
since 1955
Rank in California · 2025
#93
recorded as girls
#1687
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
2022
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Nova in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 326 | 93 | 9 | 1687 |
| 2024 | 374 | 77 | 23 | 960 |
| 2023 | 402 | 67 | 33 | 774 |
| 2022 | 462 | 62 | 38 | 717 |
| 2021 | 410 | 71 | 36 | 728 |
| 2020 | 397 | 71 | 46 | 619 |
| 2019 | 356 | 93 | 31 | 788 |
| 2018 | 301 | 120 | 31 | 797 |
| 2017 | 256 | 151 | 22 | 991 |
| 2016 | 201 | 195 | 14 | 1338 |
| 2015 | 161 | 253 | 26 | 897 |
| 2014 | 103 | 403 | 16 | 1205 |
| 2013 | 60 | 624 | 10 | 1573 |
| 2012 | 52 | 712 | 16 | 1170 |
| 2011 | 33 | 976 | 5 | 2524 |
| 2010 | 31 | 1051 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 45 | 829 | 5 | 2531 |
| 2008 | 22 | 1374 | 7 | 2024 |
| 2007 | 19 | 1500 | 5 | 2565 |
| 2006 | 15 | 1728 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 13 | 1825 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 16 | 1580 | 5 | 2322 |
| 2003 | 10 | 2114 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 2611 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 2229 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 2857 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 8 | 2255 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 3059 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | 2667 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | 2491 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 1757 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 6 | 2057 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | 2086 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 9 | 1596 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 12 | 1314 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 16 | 1067 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 1454 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 17 | 960 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 9 | 1353 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | 1401 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 12 | 1067 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 12 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 1485 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 8 | 1436 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | 1484 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | 1653 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 8 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | 1228 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 7 | 1275 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 8 | 1003 | <5 | — |