Knova
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOH-vuh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Knova is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “new”. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Knova mean?
Latin: respelling of Nova with a silent K
“new”
A respelling of Nova, Latin for 'new', with a silent K.
Is Knova a girl's or a boy's name?
Knova is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Knova in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Knova, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. It first appears in the records in 2014.
2025 had the most girls named Knova of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the girls named Knova in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Knova in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
Names like Knova
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rynlee Brynlee Teagan Nova Braelynn Briar Eira Kenley Claira Oaklynn Sevyn Kashlynn
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Knova: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/knova, updated 20 October 2026.