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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Novalynn

Novalynn was the 1755th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 116 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,864 places. More babies were named Novalynn in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,755 girls, up 519 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
116girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2025116 babies
Total since 1880
865babies recorded

Novalynn popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#1,755116
2020#2,27479
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How popular is Novalynn, counting every spelling?

Novalynn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,398 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,755 for Novalynn on its own. Together these spellings went to 140 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Novalynn116#1,755518
Novalyn24#5,355187

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Novalynn?

116 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Novalynn (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Novalynn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 72 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Novalynn.

Chance of another Novalynn in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inMichiganunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Novalynn?

About 900 people born in the US named Novalynn are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 2 and 7. That makes Novalynn a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Novalynn by state

How common Novalynn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.2×), Pennsylvania (1.5×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWI0.05Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMN0.05Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIN0.08Ohio: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOH0.14Pennsylvania: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesPA0.10New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesKY0.14West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Novalynn, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Novalynn

How popular is the name Novalynn?

Novalynn was the 1755th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 116 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,864 places. More babies were named Novalynn in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Novalynn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Novalynn in the US.

Where is Novalynn most popular?

In 2021–2025, Novalynn was most common in Kentucky (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania.