Girls' name · since 1958
Novena
Since 1958, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Novena, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,121 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 1958
- 2020s
- peak decade
43 babies have been named Novena since 1958, making it today's #12121 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novena has been recorded 43 times among girls since 1958, currently ranked #12121 nationally and more common than 30% 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 1958 to 2025.
- #36,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,121 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 43 born since 1958
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novena ranks #36,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,121 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 43 born since 1958, peaking in the 2020s.
- #36,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,121 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 43
- born since 1958
- 2020s
- peak decade
Novena's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Novena compares
43 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
Novena's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Novena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 43 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Novena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Novena splits its recorded history at 2016: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Novena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Novena by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Novena's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Novena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Novena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Novena 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.