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

2011Busiest: 116 in 20252025

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