Nova Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Nova: every year it appeared on the national list since 1885, with 55,783 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

55,783

Peak year

2022 #32

Years on the list

141

10-year trend

+40.6%

In the 2020s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1885–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	295	#886
2012	463	#618
2013	567	#527
2014	1,136	#287
2015	1,529	#213
2016	2,286	#136
2017	3,057	#94
2018	4,174	#55
2019	4,332	#51
2020	5,006	#38
2021	5,574	#32
2022	5,927	#32
2023	5,282	#35
2024	5,072	#39
2025	4,657	#46

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2022

531

462

316

287

264

260

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