Novis — unisex name

What the Data Says About Novis

The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Novis between 1912 and 1952, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Novis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Novis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1919.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Novis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Novis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Novis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Novis 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 139 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.