Girls' name · since 2004
Novaly
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 122 babies named Novaly, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,543 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
122 babies have been named Novaly since 2004, making it today's #11543 girls' name.
Novaly has 122 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11543 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #24,953 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,543 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 122 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novaly ranks #24,953 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,543 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 122 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,543 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Novaly's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Novaly compares
122 28th 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
Novaly's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Novaly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 122 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Novaly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Novaly's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Novaly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Novaly by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (61 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Novaly's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Novaly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 61 births (50% of all-time use).
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Novaly 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.