Girls' name · since 2016
Novaya
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 44 babies named Novaya, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,505 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,957 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Novaya is the #12957 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 44 recorded since 2016.
Novaya has 44 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12957 as of the latest data, more common than 25% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #36,505 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,957 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 44 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novaya ranks #36,505 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,957 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 44 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #36,505 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,957 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Novaya's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Novaya compares
44 14th 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
Novaya's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Novaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 44 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Novaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Novaya splits its recorded history at 2021: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Novaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Novaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Novaya's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Novaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Novaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
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 Novaya 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.