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Nova

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Grace Royal
By Grace Royal
Updated Tue Feb 03 2026
The name Nova is currently ranked #39 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #32 in 2022. The name is most popular in NOVA, NOVA, and NOVA. Nova is occasionally used for boys in 2024.
# 39 in the US

Nova Rank in US Top 1000

# 234 on Nameberry

Nova Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Nova

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Famous People Named Nova

  • Nova Margery Pilbeam
    British stage and film actress
  • Nova Maree Peris
    first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal (hockey) and Australia's first female Indigenous federal parliamentarian
  • Nova Ren Suma
    American novelist
  • Nova Skipp
    English actress; daughter of actor Colin Skipp
  • Nova Danzig (b. 2008)
    daughter of mixed martial artist Mac Danzig
  • Nova Star DeJesus (b. 2011)
    daughter of TV personality Briana DeJesus of "Teen Mom 3"
  • Nova Campbell (b. 2014)
    daughter of actress Lake Bell and Scott Campbell
  • Novalee Reign "Nova" Baltierra (b. 2015)
    daughter of TV personalities Catelynn and Tyler Baltierra of "Teen Mom"
  • Nova Whitfield (b. 2016)
    daughter of rapper/actor DC Young Fly and Jacky Oh
  • Nova Reedus
    daughter of Norman Reedus and Diane Kruger.

The name Nova in Pop Culture

  • Nova
    character in "Planet of the Apes"
  • Nova Prescott
    main character in the Disney film "Prom"
  • Nova
    a character in the movie "Sharknado"
  • Nova Corps
    intergalactic police force from the "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie series
  • "Terra Nova
    " a 2011 Fox TV series
  • November Annabella "Nova" Terra
    Character in the Starcraft Universe
  • Nova
    character in MoondustBri's YouTube series Lunar Project 2.0
  • Nova Artino/Nova McLain
    the main character of Marissa Meyer's Renegades novels.
  • Nova Citroen
    character in the Jackie Collins novel 'Rock Star'.
  • Nova
    popular British women's magazine of the 1960s
  • 'Biba Nova'
    song from the British television series 'Rock Follies'.

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