Girls' name · since 2009
Novalei
Novalei has 151 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 151
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Novalei is the #14325 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 151 recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Novalei recorded 151 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #14325 nationally today, ahead of 17% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #22,724 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,325 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 151 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novalei ranks #22,724 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,325 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 151 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 151
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Novalei's 151 recorded births place it above 68.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Novalei compares
151 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Novalei's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Novalei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 151 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Novalei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Novalei splits its recorded history at 2019: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Novalei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Novalei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (74 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Novalei's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Novalei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 74 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Novalei's data
- Novalei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (72) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Novalei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Novalei draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.