Novel Popularity by Year
Follow Novel across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Novel birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boys | 5 | #12,349 | Down 1,744 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 6 | #10,605 | Up 1,503 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 5 | #12,108 | Down 7,474 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 6 | #4,634 | Down 1,568 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 7 | #3,066 | Up 472 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 5 | #3,538 | Down 177 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 7 | #3,450 | Up 1,401 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 6 | #3,361 | Down 101 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 5 | #4,851 | Down 425 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 6 | #4,426 | Up 38 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 8 | #3,260 | Up 979 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 5 | #4,239 | — |
| 1921 | Girls | 6 | #4,464 | Up 130 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 5 | #4,594 | Down 177 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 5 | #4,417 | — |