Girls' name · since 1898
Novie
386 babies named Novie in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,110 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 386
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
386 babies have been named Novie since 1898, making it today's #5110 girls' name.
Novie has 386 recorded births among girls since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5110 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2025.
- #13,807 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,110 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 386 born since 1898
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Novie ranks #13,807 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,110 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 386 born since 1898, peaking in the 1910s.
- #13,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,110 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 386
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
Novie's 386 recorded births place it above 80.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Novie compares
386 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Novie's all-time total is 3% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Novie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 386 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Novie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Novie splits its recorded history at 1926: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1898 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Novie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Novie popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1923 (Novie as boys' name)
Novie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (104 births, 27% of the file).
1910s was Novie's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Novie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 37
1900s
37 births
- 1910s
1910s
104 births
- 1920s
1920s
82 births
- 1930s
1930s
44 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 104 births (27% of all-time use).
Novie by state
Where Novie concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 5.4% |
21 of 386 births nationwide.
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What to do with Novie's data
- Novie's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (79) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Novies (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Novie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~127 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, 1898–2025 (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 Novie 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.