Novah
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- NOH-va
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #929 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,004 for girls
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Novah is a name of Latin origin, meaning “new”. In 2025 it ranked 929th for girls in the UK (40 babies) and 1,004th for girls in the US (249 babies).
What does Novah mean?
Latin: spelling of Nova
“new”
A spelling of Nova, from Latin novus, 'new'; a nova is a star that suddenly flares brighter.
Is Novah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Novah has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 249 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Novah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 929th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 7,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were named Novah, making it the 929th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 43 girls. 3 boys were also named Novah in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Novah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 763 girls in the UK were given Novah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #75, up from #929 for this spelling alone.
- Nova 723
- Novah 40
In 2025, 93% of the babies named Novah in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,110th in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.
Novah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #929 |
| 2024 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 41 | #933 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 43 | #890 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
How popular is Novah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,004th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 249 about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 249 girls in the US were named Novah, making it the 1,004th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 569th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 517 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006. 20 boys were also named Novah in 2025 (4,856th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Novah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Novah in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,914 girls in the US were given Novah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #54, up from #1,004 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 64% of the babies named Novah in the US in 2012, and 93% in 2025.
Novah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 249 | #1,004 |
| 2024 | 303 | #889 |
| 2023 | 402 | #706 |
| 2022 | 424 | #693 |
| 2021 | 382 | #745 |
| 2020 | 517 | #569 |
| 2019 | 290 | #912 |
| 2018 | 272 | #971 |
| 2017 | 181 | #1,299 |
| 2016 | 149 | #1,516 |
| 2015 | 110 | #1,861 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
Names like Novah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh, Orla, Eden, Clodagh, Eira, Caoimhe, Maeva, Ocean, Nora, Aoife, Nevaeh, Luna
Other spellings of Novah
Names related to Novah
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Novah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/novah, updated 20 October 2026.