Novella
Novella is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. Its best rank was 494th, in 1905.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1923186 births
- Best rank
- #494in 1905
- Since 1882
- 6,203people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,203 girls have been named Novella in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 186 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 59 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Novella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 63 | |
| 1890s | 163 | |
| 1900s | 366 | |
| 1910s | 939 | |
| 1920s | 1,314 | |
| 1930s | 857 | |
| 1940s | 596 | |
| 1950s | 444 | |
| 1960s | 329 | |
| 1970s | 178 | |
| 1980s | 99 | |
| 1990s | 72 | |
| 2000s | 114 | |
| 2010s | 405 | |
| 2020s | 264 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Novella was the 513th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1923 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Betty. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Novella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Odessapeak 1920
- Rubypeak 1924
- Alinepeak 1920
- Adellpeak 1921
- Corinepeak 1920
- Myrtispeak 1921
- Rubiepeak 1921
- Ermapeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.