Spellings
Nova or Novah?
In the US in 2025, 95% of babies in this name family were spelled Nova and 5% Novah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Nova already led in 2015, with 93% of the family's births; it has 95% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,639 to 4,906 births (×3).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova | 1,529 | 4,657 | ×3 |
| Novah | 110 | 249 | ×2 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈnoʊvə/ (NOH-vuh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Nova 55 births (#699 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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