Novian

#9,458 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Novian has been given to 88 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #9,458 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Novian, 2025

1 in 414,000

Novian over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

How common is Novian?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,458
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Novian sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Novian. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Novians were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Novian was born before 2020 — so the typical Novian is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
59.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
88
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 59.1% of all recorded uses (52).

Is Novian 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
−4,266
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−153
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
42.1%
Peak was 2024 (19)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
49.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,952
1991

Spellings of Novian

Novian is not the most common spelling — Norman is, with 54.6% against Novian's 0.02%.

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.

Novian by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,458
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 153
Best rank ever
#3,952
1991
Peak year
2024
19 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
88
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Novian

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

Sibling names for Novian

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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