Novaleigh is a modern American coinage that pairs Nova, the Latin word for "new", with the fashionable -leigh ending seen in Everleigh and Oakleigh. It rose on the coattails of Nova, which became a top 100 name in the late 2010s. Novaleigh climbed from number 3078 in 2015 to a peak of 1204 in 2022 and has eased back to number 2188 in 2025 with 85 births.