Nova
In 2025 Nova comes in at #46 nationally, drifting down from its high. An old entry (1885) having its biggest moment now, with 55,783 American bearers across the record.
Nova’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Nova, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Nova since 1885
Nova peaked in 2022 at #32; #46 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Nova is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Nova runs strongest in Delaware at 0.93% in 2025, then Hawaii and Alaska.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Nova
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Naomi
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nolan
#65 in 2025
Nora
#20 in 2025 · Latin
Nevaeh
#165 in 2025
Nico
#174 in 2025
Noelle
#202 in 2025
Nyla
#236 in 2025
Isaac
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Nova
How popular is the name Nova?
In 2025 Nova comes in at #46 nationally, drifting down from its high. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1885.
What is the recorded meaning of Nova?
The public-domain references we cite do not record a meaning for Nova, so this page does not invent one.
Is there a sibling name for Nova?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Naomi, Nolan and Nora, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
Get Nova’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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