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How popular is “Nova” in the USA?

Number of people named “Nova” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Nova” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Nova” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Nova” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Nova” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Nova” by birth year

This chart shows how “Nova” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 100%
1891 13 0.000045348 13 100%
1892 20 0.000059813 20 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1894 18 0.000053146 18 100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 100%
1896 24 0.000067136 24 100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 100%
1898 30 0.000078646 30 100%
1899 20 0.000058956 20 100%
1900 29 0.000064408 29 100%
1901 23 0.00006651 23 100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 100%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 100%
1904 24 0.000059482 24 100%
1905 30 0.000070768 30 100%
1906 27 0.000063018 27 100%
1907 32 0.00006876 32 100%
1908 36 0.000073673 36 100%
1909 39 0.000076287 39 100%
1910 32 0.000054172 32 100%
1911 41 0.000063637 36 5 76%
1912 54 0.000054652 54 100%
1913 64 0.000056283 59 5 84%
1914 47 0.000033184 47 100%
1915 77 0.000042021 69 8 79%
1916 88 0.000045492 81 7 84%
1917 90 0.000044849 85 5 89%
1918 79 0.000036387 79 100%
1919 96 0.000045492 87 9 81%
1920 123 0.000054361 111 12 80%
1921 96 0.000041122 91 5 90%
1922 97 0.000042374 86 11 77%
1923 85 0.000036917 80 5 88%
1924 101 0.000042408 89 12 76%
1925 100 0.000042858 94 6 88%
1926 80 0.000034845 75 5 88%
1927 77 0.000033199 77 100%
1928 84 0.000037153 84 100%
1929 109 0.000049723 104 5 91%
1930 80 0.000035983 75 5 88%
1931 82 0.000038966 75 7 83%
1932 73 0.000034576 73 100%
1933 58 0.000029008 58 100%
1934 78 0.000037557 78 100%
1935 72 0.000034451 72 100%
1936 56 0.000026954 56 100%
1937 60 0.00002816 53 7 77%
1938 74 0.000033445 68 6 84%
1939 49 0.000022238 49 100%
1940 44 0.000019108 44 100%
1941 35 0.000014365 35 100%
1942 48 0.000017571 42 6 75%
1943 47 0.000016652 39 8 66%
1944 29 0.00001078 29 100%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 100%
1946 38 0.000011892 33 5 74%
1947 34 0.000009438 34 100%
1948 49 0.000014193 44 5 80%
1949 42 0.000012052 42 100%
1950 29 0.000008278 29 100%
1951 33 0.000008958 33 100%
1952 33 0.000008689 33 100%
1953 25 0.000006487 25 100%
1954 27 0.000006783 27 100%
1955 39 0.000009713 39 100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 100%
1957 32 0.000007615 26 6 63%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 100%
1959 21 0.000005051 21 100%
1960 34 0.000008185 34 100%
1961 23 0.000005552 23 100%
1962 50 0.00001239 50 100%
1963 72 0.00001819 72 100%
1964 50 0.000012861 50 100%
1965 35 0.000009654 35 100%
1966 38 0.000010933 38 100%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 100%
1969 36 0.000010359 36 100%
1970 51 0.000014141 51 100%
1971 52 0.00001515 46 6 77%
1972 58 0.000018454 58 100%
1973 48 0.00001591 48 100%
1974 59 0.000019408 53 6 80%
1975 57 0.000018878 57 100%
1976 70 0.00002307 65 5 86%
1977 85 0.000026759 85 100%
1978 56 0.000017644 56 100%
1979 76 0.000022843 70 6 84%
1980 71 0.000020613 66 5 86%
1981 53 0.000015321 53 100%
1982 57 0.000016249 50 7 75%
1983 36 0.000010395 36 100%
1984 36 0.000010319 36 100%
1985 38 0.000010647 38 100%
1986 26 0.000007309 26 100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 22 0.000005723 16 6 45%
1990 30 0.00000759 25 5 67%
1991 20 0.000005134 20 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 100%
1996 29 0.000007951 24 5 66%
1997 48 0.000013239 38 10 58%
1998 63 0.000017128 54 9 71%
1999 65 0.000017597 55 10 69%
2000 74 0.000019577 66 8 78%
2001 105 0.000028049 86 19 64%
2002 104 0.00002782 91 13 75%
2003 112 0.000029456 99 13 77%
2004 136 0.000035593 114 22 68%
2005 124 0.000032251 103 21 66%
2006 129 0.000032607 106 23 64%
2007 170 0.000042525 147 23 73%
2008 204 0.0000519 176 28 73%
2009 273 0.000071463 231 42 69%
2010 255 0.000068998 218 37 71%
2011 336 0.000091859 295 41 76%
2012 526 0.000143819 463 63 76%
2013 646 0.000177197 567 79 76%
2014 1240 0.000334559 1136 104 83%
2015 1657 0.000447727 1528 129 84%
2016 2437 0.000664268 2285 152 88%
2017 3284 0.000918294 3054 230 86%
2018 4428 0.001259423 4174 254 89%
2019 4588 0.001321835 4329 259 89%
2020 5322 0.001593138 5005 317 88%
2021 5841 0.001724052 5565 276 91%
2022 6191 0.001829959 5920 271 91%
2023 5511 0.001664353 5274 237 91%
2024 5220 0.001568274 5044 176 93%

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