Novelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Novelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Novelle between 1912 and 2023, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Novelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Novelle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Novelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Novelle in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Novelle 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 164 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.