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.

Novella

#2,160 most common girls' name of all time · #3,673 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among girls
#2,160
Rank overall
#3,673 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
6,272
Since 2016
542
Peak year
1923 #513
Best rank
#495 1905
Girls Boys peak 186/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Novella first appears in 1882. 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 69 — 69 #2,544
2024 44 — 44 #3,523
2023 64 — 64 #2,706
2022 58 — 58 #2,896
2021 51 — 51 #3,160
2020 47 — 47 #3,284
2019 66 — 66 #2,636
2018 53 — 53 #3,054
2017 49 — 49 #3,253
2016 41 — 41 #3,711
2015 35 — 35 #4,150
2014 47 — 47 #3,374
2013 26 — 26 #5,152
2012 28 — 28 #4,970
2011 33 — 33 #4,362
2010 27 — 27 #5,114
2009 25 — 25 #5,546
2008 28 — 28 #5,153
2007 19 — 19 #6,819
2005 6 — 6 #14,543
2004 7 — 7 #12,794
2003 6 — 6 #13,883
2002 9 — 9 #10,266
2001 7 — 7 #12,100
2000 7 — 7 #11,851
1999 8 — 8 #10,370
1998 9 — 9 #9,289
1997 6 — 6 #12,122
1996 8 — 8 #9,611
1994 6 — 6 #11,818
1993 8 — 8 #9,587
1992 13 — 13 #6,672
1991 7 — 7 #10,312
1990 7 — 7 #10,235
1989 9 — 9 #8,074
1987 10 — 10 #6,816
1986 7 — 7 #8,566
1985 13 — 13 #5,376
1984 12 — 12 #5,562
1983 11 — 11 #5,859
1982 17 — 17 #4,360
1981 6 — 6 #9,164
1980 14 — 14 #4,997
1979 12 — 12 #5,451
1978 13 — 13 #4,960
1977 12 — 12 #5,233
1976 12 — 12 #4,928
1975 10 — 10 #5,555
1974 14 — 14 #4,241
1973 24 — 24 #2,839
1972 30 — 30 #2,408
1971 32 — 32 #2,382
1970 19 — 19 #3,327
1969 30 — 30 #2,354
1968 30 — 30 #2,212
1967 34 — 34 #2,014
1966 25 — 25 #2,415
1965 28 — 28 #2,252
1964 36 — 36 #1,981
1963 33 — 33 #2,068
1962 35 — 35 #1,953
1961 37 — 37 #1,897
1960 41 — 41 #1,771
1959 43 — 43 #1,677
1958 41 — 41 #1,689
1957 43 — 43 #1,643
1956 39 — 39 #1,698
1955 51 — 51 #1,409
1954 57 — 57 #1,323
1953 40 — 40 #1,552
1952 36 — 36 #1,618
1951 53 — 53 #1,280
1950 41 — 41 #1,438
1949 49 — 49 #1,310
1948 60 — 60 #1,161
1947 52 — 52 #1,259
1946 55 — 55 #1,151
1945 57 — 57 #1,024
1944 53 — 53 #1,074
1943 58 — 58 #1,050
1942 71 — 71 #931
1941 74 — 74 #848
1940 67 — 67 #873
1939 88 — 88 #726
1938 78 — 78 #801
1937 72 — 72 #812
1936 77 — 77 #771
1935 69 — 69 #828
1934 80 — 80 #747
1933 94 — 94 #676
1932 108 — 108 #644
1931 90 — 90 #707
1930 101 — 101 #687
1929 111 — 111 #664
1928 100 — 100 #705
1927 126 — 126 #640
1926 118 — 118 #668
1925 124 — 124 #662
1924 148 — 148 #618
1923 186 — 186 #513
1922 143 — 143 #604
1921 140 — 140 #622
1920 118 — 118 #668
1919 146 — 146 #575
1918 107 — 107 #695
1917 123 — 123 #617
1916 107 — 107 #660
1915 113 — 113 #619
1914 88 — 88 #611
1913 70 — 70 #622
1912 73 — 73 #566
1911 63 — 63 #528
1910 49 — 49 #599
1909 42 — 42 #604
1908 42 — 42 #580
1907 40 — 40 #585
1906 43 — 43 #537
1905 47 — 47 #495
1904 37 — 37 #556
1903 32 — 32 #584
1902 20 — 20 #785
1901 28 — 28 #601
1900 35 — 35 #602
1899 19 — 19 #744
1898 20 — 20 #762
1897 21 — 21 #691
1896 21 — 21 #701
1895 19 — 19 #739
1894 14 — 14 #840
1893 12 — 12 #887
1892 17 — 17 #718
1891 13 — 13 #786
1890 7 — 7 #1,146
1889 14 — 14 #715
1888 12 — 12 #782
1887 8 — 8 #916
1886 9 — 9 #819
1885 8 — 8 #829
1883 6 — 6 #890
1882 6 — 6 #896