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Girl's name · #46 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
96% girls · 4% boys — Nova is also given to boys: 149 in 2025, about 1 in 25 in recent years. Nova →
Nova is near its high-water mark: it reached #32 in 2021 and still ranked #46 in 2025. About 56,000 girls have carried it since 1885.
Actors Norman Reedus and Diane Kruger chose the name for their daughter, Nova Tennessee, born in 2018.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#36 in Netherlands (2025) · #42 in Sweden (2025) · #68 in England & Wales (2025) · #76 in Scotland (2025) · #100 in Belgium (2025) · #115 in New Zealand (2025) · #119 in Norway (2025) · #124 in N. Ireland (2025) · #183 in Ireland (2025) · #365 in Switzerland (2025) · #750 in France (2025) · #1,232 in Austria (2025) and 1 more.
Among 96 notable people named Nova:
Political leaders appear 2.84× more often than among typical names — e.g. Nova Peris, Australian politician, hockey player and sprinter.
Similar names: Emilia · Norah · Ava · Eloise · Aria · Luna
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