Novalynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOH-va-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,747 for girls
Novalynn is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “new + lake”. In 2025 it ranked 1,747th for girls in the US (116 babies).
What does Novalynn mean?
Modern: blend of Nova and Lynn
“new + lake”
Joins Nova, Latin for 'new', with Lynn, from Welsh llyn, 'lake'.
Is Novalynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Novalynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 116 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Novalynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,747th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 116 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were named Novalynn, making it the 1,747th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,257th. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had the most girls named Novalynn of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Novalynn in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 140 girls in the US were given Novalynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,338, up from #1,747 for this spelling alone.
- Novalynn 116
- Novalyn 24
Novalynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #1,747 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,884 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,837 |
| 2022 | 96 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,085 |
| 2020 | 79 | #2,257 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,561 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
Nicknames for Novalynn
- Nova 723 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Novalynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Braelynn, Oaklynn, Lakelynn, Rynlee, Brynlee, Rylynn, Raelynn, Blakelynn, Sevyn, Adalynn, Eowyn, Teagan
Other spellings of Novalynn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, 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, “Novalynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/novalynn, updated 20 October 2026.