Novell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Novell

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Novell between 1919 and 1932, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Novell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Novell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2016.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Novell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Novell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Novell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Novell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 41 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.