Boys' name · since 2016
Novan
47 babies named Novan in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,635 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,647 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Novan is the #11647 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 47 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novan has been recorded 47 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #11647 nationally and more common than 16% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #22,635 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,647 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 47 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novan ranks #22,635 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,647 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 47 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,635 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,647 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Novan's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Novan compares
47 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Novan's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Novan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 47 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Novan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Novan splits its recorded history at 2022: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Novan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Novan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (41 births, 87% of the file).
2020s was Novan's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Novan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 41 births (87% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Novan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Novan 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.