Novah Girl
How popular is Novah?
#1,004 girl name in 2025
249 baby girls were named Novah in the US in 2025, making it the 1004th most popular girl name. Another 20 boys got the name (#4,856 for boys).
Novah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,004 for girls (▼ 115 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 249 girls, 20 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+126% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,861 in 2015, #569 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (517 girls) |
| Highest rank | #569 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 2006 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 12% boys, 88% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Novah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nova family of names ranked #54 for girls in 2025 (#46 the year before), with 4,906 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nova | 4,657 | 95% |
| Novah | 249 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Novah is most popular
Babies named Novah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.0 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.8 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- Alabama: 0.7 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- Georgia: 0.5 per 1,000 (121 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.5 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Novah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Novah
Questions
- Is Novah a boy or girl name?
- Novah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 88% of babies named Novah were girls.
- How popular is the name Novah?
- 249 baby girls were named Novah in the US in 2025, making it the 1004th most popular girl name. Another 20 boys got the name (#4,856 for boys).
- When was Novah most popular?
- Novah peaked in 2020, when 517 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #569 in 2020.
- How many people are named Novah?
- 3,983 babies have been named Novah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,969 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Novah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Novah was most common in Mississippi, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.