Novella — #3505 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Novella

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,203 babies named Novella between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Novella currently holds the #3505 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 186 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Novella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,314 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Novella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 679 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Novella in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Novella 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 6,203 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.