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Novah

#1,006 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Nova

Novah has been given to 3,983 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #1,006 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 517 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Novah, 2025

1 in 13,300

Novah over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Novah over time

In 2025, Novah went to 93% girls and 7% boys.

20062025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Novah: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Nova

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Novah means

Novah is a variant of Nova.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Novah → Nova. The family’s meaning is “new”, recorded in English with the source elements nova.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nova.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,469 girls were recorded with the name Novah between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 517 in 2020; its best national rank was #569 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #569 in 2020 to #1,006 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,869 in 2015 to #1,006 in 2025.

In the United States, 514 boys were recorded with the name Novah between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 61 in 2020; its best national rank was #2,255 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,255 in 2020 to #4,994 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,146 in 2015 to #4,994 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Novah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 13,300
249 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 6,450
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,006
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,230 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Novah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 9,230 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Novah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Novahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Novah was born before 2021 — so the typical Novah is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
65.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,469
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 65.6% of all recorded uses (2,277).

Is Novah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−117
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−437
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+863
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.26×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
48.2%
Peak was 2020 (517)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
45.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#569
2020

Spellings of Novah

Novah is not the most common spelling — Nora is, with 36.5% against Novah's 0.66%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Novah is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Novah was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 1,316 girls, against 1 in 4,629 across all states with data. It was least common in New Mexico (1 in 11,111).

976 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 1,316
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 1,887
  3. 3Alabama1 in 1,923
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 2,326
  5. 5Georgia1 in 2,439
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 2,500
  7. 7Maryland1 in 3,030
  8. 8Arkansas1 in 3,125

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Novah is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 66% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Novah is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Novah was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 538,627 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Novah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Novah around the world

Where Novah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2014–2025
    #1,110
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2016–2025
    #324
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2020–2023
    #391
    in 2023
  • France
    2015–2015
    #7,800
    in 2015
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #1,854
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Novah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,006
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 437
Best rank ever
#569
2020
Peak year
2020
517 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,469
Count in 2025
249

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,994
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,739
Best rank ever
#2,255
2020
Peak year
2020
61 that year
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
514
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Novah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Novah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Novah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Novah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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