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Nova

Girl#80 in 20244 lettersPeak 2024
603
Babies in 2024
+1131%
10-year change
2024
Peak · 603
+4%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 19962024
1.00k7505002500200020052010201520202024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.

About the name Nova

Nova is a rising UK girl's name. Registrations in 2024 (603) are up 1131% on a decade earlier — one of the steeper climbs in the ONS data for England & Wales.

Nova reached its peak in 2024, when 603 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #80 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 603 represents 100% of the peak.

Across 23 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 3,629 girls have been officially registered with the name Nova in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 3,519 girls were registered with the name, starting from 49 in 2014 and ending at 603 in 2024.

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