Novella
#2,542 for girls in 2025, 69 births
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 47 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,272since 1882
Novella over time
Rank among girls' names. Novella has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,542 | 69 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 |
| 2023 | #2,704 | 64 |
| 2022 | #2,894 | 58 |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 |
| 2019 | #2,632 | 66 |
| 2018 | #3,050 | 53 |
| 2017 | #3,247 | 49 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 |
| 2014 | #3,369 | 47 |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 36 |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,893 | 37 |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 |
| 1957 | #1,641 | 43 |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 |
| 1954 | #1,317 | 57 |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,277 | 53 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 |
| 1949 | #1,304 | 49 |
| 1948 | #1,157 | 60 |
| 1947 | #1,255 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,148 | 55 |
| 1945 | #1,022 | 57 |
| 1944 | #1,072 | 53 |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 |
| 1942 | #928 | 71 |
| 1941 | #845 | 74 |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 |
| 1939 | #726 | 88 |
| 1938 | #799 | 78 |
| 1937 | #810 | 72 |
| 1936 | #768 | 77 |
| 1935 | #823 | 69 |
| 1934 | #746 | 80 |
| 1933 | #672 | 94 |
| 1932 | #643 | 108 |
| 1931 | #706 | 90 |
| 1930 | #685 | 101 |
| 1929 | #661 | 111 |
| 1928 | #703 | 100 |
| 1927 | #638 | 126 |
| 1926 | #666 | 118 |
| 1925 | #661 | 124 |
| 1924 | #615 | 148 |
| 1923 | #513 | 186 |
| 1922 | #603 | 143 |
| 1921 | #619 | 140 |
| 1920 | #665 | 118 |
| 1919 | #573 | 146 |
| 1918 | #695 | 107 |
| 1917 | #615 | 123 |
| 1916 | #659 | 107 |
| 1915 | #615 | 113 |
| 1914 | #608 | 88 |
| 1913 | #618 | 70 |
| 1912 | #563 | 73 |
| 1911 | #522 | 63 |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 |
| 1909 | #594 | 42 |
| 1908 | #574 | 42 |
| 1907 | #580 | 40 |
| 1906 | #528 | 43 |
| 1905 | #490 | 47 |
| 1904 | #545 | 37 |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 |
| 1901 | #591 | 28 |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 |
| 1897 | #681 | 21 |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Novella! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Novella is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#310 · 1 in 2,920
- North Carolina#349 · 1 in 3,493
- Tennessee#394 · 1 in 4,476
- Texas#929 · 1 in 13,399
Best ever in a state: #177 in North Carolina, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #310 | 10 | 1 in 2,920 |
| North Carolina | #349 | 12 | 1 in 3,493 |
| Tennessee | #394 | 7 | 1 in 4,476 |
| Texas | #929 | 5 | 1 in 13,399 |
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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.
See more about Novella
- 974 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #2,542)
- 739 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #2,542)
- 1,602 spots since 2015 (#4,144 → #2,542)
- Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1891 (#1,099 → #750)
- Biggest drop: 412 spots in 1890 (#687 → #1,099)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1905 at #490 (47 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 65 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1891–1942
- Highest: 1 in 6,205 girls born in 1905 were named Novella (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,294 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.0% of all girls named Novella (1,314) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 63 | #687 (1889) | #786 |
| 1890s | 163 | #681 (1897) | #780 |
| 1900s | 366 | #490 (1905) | #584 |
| 1910s | 939 | #522 (1911) | #606 |
| 1920s | 1,314 | #513 (1923) | #634 |
| 1930s | 857 | #643 (1932) | #738 |
| 1940s | 596 | #845 (1941) | #1,065 |
| 1950s | 444 | #1,277 (1951) | #1,528 |
| 1960s | 329 | #1,764 (1960) | #2,086 |
| 1970s | 178 | #2,375 (1971) | #4,113 |
| 1980s | 99 | #4,347 (1982) | #6,499 |
| 1990s | 72 | #6,652 (1992) | #9,968 |
| 2000s | 114 | #5,142 (2008) | #10,300 |
| 2010s | 405 | #2,632 (2019) | #3,971 |
| 2020s | 333 | #2,542 (2025) | #3,016 |
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.
Novella in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 19,024 of them was named Novella, which outranked 82.7% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).