Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Novella

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Novella
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1923

Peak rank proxy

186

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1882Peak 19232024

Peak year

1923

Decline from peak

76.3%

2024

All-time

6,203

Novella has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1923, when 186 girls were named Novella.

In 2024, only 44 girls were given the name.

Down 76.3% from its peak.

All told, about 6,203 Americans have been named Novella and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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