Novalee
Girl · NOH-vuh-lee · Modern
Novalee is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 975th for girls in the US (261 babies).
What does Novalee mean?
Modern: blend of Nova and Lee
Novalee Nation is the heroine of Billie Letts's 1995 novel Where the Heart Is, filmed in 2000.
- Say it
- NOH-vuh-lee
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Is Novalee a girl's or a boy's name?
Novalee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 261 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Novalee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 6 girls.
Novalee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
How popular is Novalee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #975among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 261about 1 in 6,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 261 girls in the US were named Novalee, making it the 975th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 810th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 379 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer girls named Novalee than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Novalee in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 286 girls in the US were given Novalee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #857, up from #975 for this spelling alone.
Novalee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 261 | #975 |
| 2024 | 379 | #742 |
| 2023 | 368 | #766 |
| 2022 | 344 | #815 |
| 2021 | 368 | #773 |
| 2020 | 335 | #810 |
| 2019 | 333 | #820 |
| 2018 | 351 | #778 |
| 2017 | 297 | #903 |
| 2016 | 288 | #949 |
| 2015 | 221 | #1,146 |
| 2014 | 169 | #1,371 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,160 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,258 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,706 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,457 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
Nicknames for Novalee
- Nova 723 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Novalee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nevaeh Elodie Maeve Nova Maeva Indie Eden Sienna Orla Ivy-Rose Aoife Myla
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