Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Novalee

#2,621 most common girls' name of all time · #4,464 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among girls
#2,621
Rank overall
#4,464 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
30 of 146
All-time
4,567
Since 2016
3,324
Peak year
2024 #743
Best rank
#743 2024
Girls Boys peak 379/yr
198020002020

Novalee first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 261 261 #976
2024 379 379 #743
2023 368 368 #767
2022 344 344 #819
2021 368 368 #774
2020 335 335 #813
2019 333 333 #821
2018 351 351 #779
2017 297 297 #903
2016 288 288 #951
2015 221 221 #1,148
2014 169 169 #1,374
2013 108 108 #1,871
2012 87 87 #2,172
2011 83 83 #2,266
2010 57 57 #2,989
2009 68 68 #2,683
2008 56 56 #3,064
2007 62 62 #2,905
2006 45 45 #3,525
2005 42 42 #3,535
2004 49 49 #3,148
2003 40 40 #3,555
2002 56 56 #2,725
2001 63 63 #2,471
2000 13 13 #7,708
1973 6 6 #7,916
1965 5 5 #7,299
1963 6 6 #6,500
1962 7 7 #5,847