Novelle

Peak · girls
1912 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
170
since 1912

Novelle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Novelle has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,979, 1912girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#13,2086
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2023#15,1945
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2021#10,2929
2020#15,0885
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2018#15,6825
2017#12,7137
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2015#11,8358
2014#11,9318
2013#14,5826
2012#11,2579
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1929#3,3948
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1923#3,9717
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1921#4,0237
1920#3,9577
1919#4,2516
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1916#3,5527
1915#3,7956
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1912#2,9795
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Novelle! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Novelle is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Novelle in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Novelle
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,880 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #13,208)
  • 1,373 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1912 at #2,979 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1913, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 111,624
  • Highest: 1 in 111,624 girls born in 1912 were named Novelle (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Novelle (43) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s36#2,979 (1912)#3,676
1920s43#3,394 (1929)#3,889
1930s12#3,802 (1934)#3,925
1940s0——
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1960s5#6,804 (1967)#6,804
1970s0——
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1990s0——
2000s6#15,405 (2008)#15,405
2010s43#11,257 (2012)#13,000
2020s25#10,292 (2021)#13,446

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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