Novalei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOH-vuh-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Novalei is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Novalei mean?
Modern: blend of Nova and the -lei ending
A modern blend of Nova, Latin for 'new', with a -lei ending styled after names like Novalee.
Is Novalei a girl's or a boy's name?
Novalei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Novalei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Novalei, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had fewer girls named Novalei than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Novalei in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 286 girls in the US were given Novalei or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #857, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Novalei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
Nicknames for Novalei
- Nova 723 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Novalei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Naylani Kaylani Malani Ailany Nailani Jaylani Meilani Kailani Nalani Milani Elani
Other spellings of Novalei
Names related to Novalei
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Novalei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/novalei, updated 20 October 2026.