Girls' name · since 2016

Novarae

Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 143 babies named Novarae, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#23,299 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,397 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
143
born since 2016
2020s
peak decade

Novarae currently ranks #5397 among girls' names in America, with 143 babies recorded since 2016.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novarae has been recorded 143 times among girls since 2016, currently ranked #5397 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, 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.

  • #23,299 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #5,397 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 143 born since 2016
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novarae ranks #23,299 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,397 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 143 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.

#23,299 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,397 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
143
born since 2016
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%68.7%
Novarae vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Novarae's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Novarae compares

143 31st 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

Novarae's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Novarae Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 143 376 567,345
Peak-year births 26 21 19,840

Novarae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Novarae's full recorded timeline at 2021, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Novarae popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
26
Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
051015202530 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025 24

Novarae by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (109 births, 76% of the file).

2020s was Novarae's strongest decade.

109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.

Novarae births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 109 births (76% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Novarae?
Since 2016, Social Security records show 143 babies named Novarae. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #23,299 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #5,397 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2023, with 26 births.
Where does Novarae sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novarae ranks #23,299 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,397 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Novarae most popular?
Novarae was most popular in the 2020s decade with 109 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Novarae been used?
Novarae has been recorded in Social Security data since 2016, spanning 10 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Novarae?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nova, Novella, Novalee, Novah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Novarae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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 Novarae 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.