Novah
- #1,004 for girls in 2025, 249 births
- #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Given to girls 87.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 517 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,469since 2006
Novah over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,004 | 249 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #889 | 303 | #2,835 | 45 |
| 2023 | #706 | 402 | #3,177 | 38 |
| 2022 | #693 | 424 | #2,675 | 49 |
| 2021 | #745 | 382 | #2,588 | 50 |
| 2020 | #569 | 517 | #2,235 | 61 |
| 2019 | #912 | 290 | #2,943 | 41 |
| 2018 | #971 | 272 | #2,325 | 57 |
| 2017 | #1,299 | 181 | #2,951 | 40 |
| 2016 | #1,516 | 149 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #1,861 | 110 | #4,080 | 25 |
| 2014 | #2,809 | 61 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
2006
The first year at least five girls were named Novah! It came in at #13,606, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2006–2007, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Novah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Georgia#431 · 1 in 1,739
- Indiana#511 · 1 in 2,147
- North Carolina#534 · 1 in 2,324
- Maryland#600 · 1 in 2,498
- South Carolina#614 · 1 in 2,613
Best ever in a state: #190 in Mississippi, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #431 | 26 | 1 in 1,739 |
| Indiana | #511 | 13 | 1 in 2,147 |
| North Carolina | #534 | 20 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Maryland | #600 | 8 | 1 in 2,498 |
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Alabama | #633 | 7 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Louisiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 2,728 |
| Missouri | #728 | 7 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Illinois | #852 | 10 | 1 in 4,433 |
| Florida | #864 | 18 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| New Jersey | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 7,100 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| Texas | #1,352 | 18 | 1 in 8,919 |
| New York | #1,654 | 7 | 1 in 11,190 |
| California | #1,742 | 12 | 1 in 13,477 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 435 spots since 2020 (#569 → #1,004)
- 857 spots since 2015 (#1,861 → #1,004)
- Biggest jump: 343 spots in 2020
- Biggest drop: 183 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2006
- Peaked 2020 at #569 (517 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2018–2024
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,127
- Highest: 1 in 3,127 girls born in 2020 were named Novah (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,455 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 65.6% of all girls named Novah (2,277) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31 | #9,476 (2008) | #13,606 |
| 2010s | 1,161 | #912 (2019) | #3,354 |
| 2020s | 2,277 | #569 (2020) | #768 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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