# Nova name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/nova
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Nova ranked #46 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #46.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #46
- Birth count: 4,657
- Rate per 10,000: 28.97

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Nova
- Rank: #46
- Birth count: 4,665
- Rate per 10,000: 29.02
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.04
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.14
- Expected per school of 300: 0.42
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 13.0%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2022
- Best rank year: 2021
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 80.1%

## Spelling components
- Nova: 4,657 births
- Novaa: 8 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology