Nova is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #112 for girl births in the United States, given to 4,806 babies. Nova first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2022 (6,198 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,806 | #112 |
| 2024 | 5,248 | #102 |
| 2023 | 5,519 | #88 |
| 2022 | 6,198 | #76 |
| 2021 | 5,851 | #86 |
| 2020 | 5,323 | #94 |
| 2019 | 4,591 | #131 |
| 2018 | 4,428 | #138 |
| 2017 | 3,287 | #217 |
| 2016 | 2,438 | #309 |
| 2015 | 1,658 | #444 |
| 2014 | 1,240 | #561 |
| 2013 | 646 | #921 |
| 2012 | 526 | #1,065 |
| 2011 | 336 | #1,491 |
| 2010 | 255 | #1,814 |
| 2009 | 273 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 206 | #2,171 |
| 2007 | 170 | #2,445 |
| 2006 | 129 | #2,891 |
| 2005 | 124 | #2,849 |
| 2004 | 136 | #2,615 |
| 2003 | 112 | #2,940 |
| 2002 | 104 | #3,012 |
| 2001 | 105 | #2,945 |
| 2000 | 74 | #3,681 |
| 1999 | 65 | #3,865 |
| 1998 | 63 | #3,813 |
| 1997 | 48 | #4,421 |
| 1996 | 29 | #6,120 |
| 1995 | 22 | #7,361 |
| 1994 | 19 | #8,156 |
| 1993 | 21 | #7,544 |
| 1992 | 11 | #11,723 |
| 1991 | 20 | #7,624 |
| 1990 | 30 | #5,630 |
| 1989 | 22 | #6,729 |
| 1988 | 19 | #7,015 |
| 1987 | 20 | #6,441 |
| 1986 | 26 | #5,270 |
| 1985 | 38 | #4,019 |
| 1984 | 36 | #4,055 |
| 1983 | 36 | #3,985 |
| 1982 | 57 | #2,997 |
| 1981 | 53 | #3,113 |
| 1980 | 71 | #2,594 |
| 1979 | 76 | #2,456 |
| 1978 | 56 | #2,873 |
| 1977 | 85 | #2,186 |
| 1976 | 70 | #2,389 |
| 1975 | 57 | #2,679 |
| 1974 | 59 | #2,575 |
| 1973 | 48 | #2,857 |
| 1972 | 58 | #2,548 |
| 1971 | 52 | #2,762 |
| 1970 | 51 | #2,792 |
| 1969 | 36 | #3,257 |
| 1968 | 29 | #3,509 |
| 1967 | 35 | #3,098 |
| 1966 | 38 | #2,948 |
| 1965 | 35 | #3,111 |
| 1964 | 50 | #2,589 |
| 1963 | 72 | #2,115 |
| 1962 | 50 | #2,572 |
| 1961 | 23 | #3,987 |
| 1960 | 34 | #3,164 |
| 1959 | 21 | #4,013 |
| 1958 | 19 | #4,225 |
| 1957 | 32 | #3,159 |
| 1956 | 31 | #3,173 |
| 1955 | 39 | #2,737 |
| 1954 | 27 | #3,330 |
| 1953 | 25 | #3,399 |
| 1952 | 33 | #2,886 |
| 1951 | 33 | #2,817 |
| 1950 | 29 | #2,964 |
| 1949 | 42 | #2,424 |
| 1948 | 49 | #2,253 |
| 1947 | 34 | #2,766 |
| 1946 | 38 | #2,437 |
| 1945 | 27 | #2,727 |
| 1944 | 29 | #2,613 |
| 1943 | 47 | #2,081 |
| 1942 | 48 | #2,017 |
| 1941 | 35 | #2,291 |
| 1940 | 44 | #1,993 |
| 1939 | 49 | #1,836 |
| 1938 | 74 | #1,487 |
| 1937 | 60 | #1,639 |
| 1936 | 56 | #1,670 |
| 1935 | 72 | #1,469 |
| 1934 | 78 | #1,405 |
| 1933 | 58 | #1,637 |
| 1932 | 73 | #1,481 |
| 1931 | 82 | #1,364 |
| 1930 | 80 | #1,433 |
| 1929 | 109 | #1,219 |
| 1928 | 84 | #1,413 |
| 1927 | 77 | #1,529 |
| 1926 | 80 | #1,490 |
| 1925 | 100 | #1,339 |
| 1924 | 101 | #1,340 |
| 1923 | 85 | #1,464 |
| 1922 | 97 | #1,370 |
| 1921 | 96 | #1,378 |
| 1920 | 123 | #1,195 |
| 1919 | 96 | #1,317 |
| 1918 | 79 | #1,499 |
| 1917 | 90 | #1,354 |
| 1916 | 88 | #1,339 |
| 1915 | 77 | #1,391 |
| 1914 | 47 | #1,600 |
| 1913 | 64 | #1,186 |
| 1912 | 54 | #1,219 |
| 1911 | 41 | #1,131 |
| 1910 | 32 | #1,244 |
| 1909 | 39 | #1,021 |
| 1908 | 36 | #1,025 |
| 1907 | 32 | #1,064 |
| 1906 | 27 | #1,123 |
| 1905 | 30 | #1,035 |
| 1904 | 24 | #1,147 |
| 1903 | 21 | #1,200 |
| 1902 | 18 | #1,311 |
| 1901 | 23 | #1,055 |
| 1900 | 29 | #1,080 |
| 1899 | 20 | #1,121 |
| 1898 | 30 | #941 |
| 1897 | 18 | #1,202 |
| 1896 | 24 | #1,039 |
| 1895 | 20 | #1,152 |
| 1894 | 18 | #1,169 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,692 |
| 1892 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1891 | 13 | #1,265 |
| 1890 | 15 | #1,204 |
| 1889 | 12 | #1,326 |
| 1888 | 15 | #1,195 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,836 |
| 1886 | 7 | #1,646 |
| 1885 | 12 | #1,190 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,855 |