Novaleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOH-va-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,173 for girls
Novaleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “new + meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,173rd for girls in the US (85 babies).
What does Novaleigh mean?
Modern: blend of Nova and Leigh
“new + meadow”
Joins Nova, Latin for 'new', with Leigh, from Old English leah, 'meadow, clearing'.
Is Novaleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Novaleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 85 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Novaleigh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Novaleigh, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Novaleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Nova-Leigh 10
- Novaleigh 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Novaleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Novaleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,173among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the US were named Novaleigh, making it the 2,173rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,632nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 201 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Novaleigh than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Novaleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 163 girls in the US were given Novaleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,212, up from #2,173 for this spelling alone.
Novaleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #2,173 |
| 2024 | 113 | #1,779 |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,446 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,199 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,426 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,632 |
| 2019 | 125 | #1,679 |
| 2018 | 107 | #1,878 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,954 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,517 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Nicknames for Novaleigh
- Nova 723 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Novaleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nevaeh Fiadh Maeva Nova Eden Orla Maeve Clodagh Caoimhe Ocean Kiara Sienna
Other spellings of Novaleigh
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Novaleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/novaleigh, updated 20 October 2026.