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Nova

Rank in 2024
#1,176
Born in 2024
176
Peak year
2020 · #758
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:5,044 in 2024 (#39)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 176 boys were named Nova, about 1 in every 9,746.
  • It peaked in 2020 with 317 babies, ranked #758.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 3,077 boys have been named Nova since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Nova per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 95 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 44 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 16 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 28 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 382 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,484 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Latin nova (“new”). ==== Proper noun ==== Nova A female given name from Latin.

  • A female given name from Latin.
Origin
Latin
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0.