NameTides

Novalee

Novalee was the #975 girls' name in the US in 2025 (261 babies), and #2,730 in Canada.

Novalee as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Novalee as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Novalee as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#975 (261)—#2,730 (7)
2024#742 (379)#5,892 (3)#3,383 (5)
2023#766 (368)#3,599 (6)#1,678 (13)
2022#815 (344)#4,646 (4)#1,989 (10)
2021#773 (368)—#1,381 (17)
2020#810 (335)#4,535 (4)#1,020 (25)
2019#820 (333)#3,541 (6)#1,138 (22)
2018#778 (351)#5,666 (3)#1,376 (17)
2017#903 (297)—#1,049 (24)
2016#949 (288)—#1,463 (16)
2015#1,146 (221)#4,736 (4)#1,757 (12)
2014#1,371 (169)—#2,374 (8)
2013#1,866 (108)—#2,595 (7)
2012#2,160 (87)—#2,338 (8)
2011#2,258 (83)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #742.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Novalee is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 7,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Novalee by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #577INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #725PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,948CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #878TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Novalee (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NovaleeCanadaGirls#2,7307
NovaleeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
NovaleeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NovaleeUSGirls#975261