# Novalee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/novalee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,567 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,567 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 39, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 2,271 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,183 |
| 2013 | 108 | 1,875 |
| 2014 | 169 | 1,375 |
| 2015 | 221 | 1,150 |
| 2016 | 288 | 951 |
| 2017 | 297 | 904 |
| 2018 | 351 | 780 |
| 2019 | 333 | 822 |
| 2020 | 335 | 811 |
| 2021 | 368 | 774 |
| 2022 | 344 | 818 |
| 2023 | 368 | 767 |
| 2024 | 379 | 743 |
| 2025 | 261 | 977 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.