Data through 2025

Nova name popularity in England and Wales

Nova ranked #68 for girls in 2025. ONS recorded 650 girls named Nova.

Rank#68

for girls in 2025

Girls recorded650

ONS

Peak year2025

650 recorded

Five-year change+84.7%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Nova for boys and girls

Girls

650

97.3% in 2025 · data from 2000 to 2025

Boys

18

2.7% in 2025 · data from 2013 to 2025

Nova in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys18#1466
2025girls650#68
2024boys14#1758
2024girls603#80
2023boys26#1108
2023girls579#81
2022boys26#1084
2022girls539#91
2021boys25#1117
2021girls506#101
2020boys16#1492
2020girls352#144
Show full history (37 rows)
YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys18#1466
2025girls650#68
2024boys14#1758
2024girls603#80
2023boys26#1108
2023girls579#81
2022boys26#1084
2022girls539#91
2021boys25#1117
2021girls506#101
2020boys16#1492
2020girls352#144
2019boys17#1439
2019girls267#186
2018boys16#1533
2018girls251#207
2017boys11#2052
2017girls179#273
2016boys11#2027
2016girls112#400
2015boys10#2150
2015girls82#525
2014boys3#4632
2014girls49#794
2013boys3#4685
2013girls31#1128
2012girls17#1720
2011girls7#3185
2010girls10#2392
2009girls10#2326
2008girls5#3860
2007girls4#4294
2006girls9#2320
2005girls4#3970
2003girls4#3594
2001girls6#2466
2000girls3#3912

Data from Office for National Statistics · through 2025.

How Nova’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change+692.7%
Change since peak0.0%