Norman
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #8,391 · #1,196 for boys in 2025, 169 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 5,426 births
- Debut · boys
- 102 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 63 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 253,160since 1880
Norman over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,196 | 169 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,308 | 149 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,360 | 138 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,191 | 168 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,165 | 170 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,127 | 174 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,193 | 160 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,202 | 156 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,116 | 172 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,077 | 183 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,231 | 148 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,097 | 174 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,135 | 160 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,145 | 160 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,309 | 130 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,209 | 147 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,125 | 164 | |
| 2008 | — | #995 | 196 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,005 | 192 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,008 | 182 | |
| 2005 | — | #906 | 197 | |
| 2004 | — | #842 | 211 | |
| 2003 | — | #791 | 220 | |
| 2002 | — | #810 | 210 | |
| 2001 | — | #756 | 228 | |
| 2000 | — | #663 | 271 | |
| 1999 | — | #698 | 240 | |
| 1998 | — | #645 | 271 | |
| 1997 | — | #599 | 295 | |
| 1996 | — | #637 | 264 | |
| 1995 | — | #615 | 279 | |
| 1994 | — | #566 | 328 | |
| 1993 | — | #517 | 393 | |
| 1992 | — | #500 | 405 | |
| 1991 | — | #429 | 520 | |
| 1990 | — | #469 | 444 | |
| 1989 | — | #418 | 497 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #403 | 492 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #368 | 525 |
| 1986 | — | #370 | 503 | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #334 | 574 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #324 | 594 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #313 | 624 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #312 | 634 |
| 1981 | — | #292 | 685 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #286 | 725 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #291 | 695 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #266 | 739 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #262 | 755 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #244 | 825 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #241 | 849 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #215 | 1,000 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #219 | 987 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #198 | 1,171 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | #190 | 1,342 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #181 | 1,522 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | #169 | 1,647 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | #155 | 1,767 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 | #146 | 1,955 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #137 | 2,171 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | #134 | 2,302 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #144 | 2,258 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 | #138 | 2,478 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #130 | 2,788 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #134 | 2,687 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #132 | 2,700 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | #131 | 2,776 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | #125 | 3,074 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | #118 | 3,340 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | #107 | 3,417 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | #102 | 3,411 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #99 | 3,417 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #98 | 3,372 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | #96 | 3,572 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #90 | 3,729 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 | #90 | 3,641 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #90 | 3,668 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | #85 | 3,894 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #81 | 4,410 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #76 | 4,161 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #65 | 3,726 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | #58 | 4,065 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | #56 | 4,522 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | #53 | 4,683 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 | #49 | 4,459 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | #48 | 4,576 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 | #44 | 4,742 |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 | #43 | 4,953 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #43 | 4,673 |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | #43 | 4,645 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #38 | 5,043 |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 | #38 | 4,989 |
| 1933 | #1,123 | 39 | #37 | 4,959 |
| 1932 | #1,043 | 46 | #37 | 5,268 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 | #36 | 5,426 |
| 1930 | #1,161 | 41 | #40 | 5,289 |
| 1929 | #968 | 55 | #40 | 5,157 |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 | #39 | 5,590 |
| 1927 | #1,097 | 48 | #39 | 5,494 |
| 1926 | #1,004 | 55 | #39 | 5,282 |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 | #41 | 4,975 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 | #42 | 5,045 |
| 1923 | #1,556 | 28 | #44 | 4,706 |
| 1922 | #1,285 | 37 | #44 | 4,527 |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | #46 | 4,479 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 | #47 | 4,109 |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | #48 | 3,809 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 | #49 | 3,867 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #46 | 3,788 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 | #48 | 3,609 |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | #50 | 3,262 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #54 | 2,335 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #57 | 1,748 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #61 | 1,367 |
| 1911 | — | #63 | 691 | |
| 1910 | — | #63 | 557 | |
| 1909 | — | #75 | 415 | |
| 1908 | — | #74 | 374 | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #75 | 362 |
| 1906 | — | #76 | 324 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #71 | 350 |
| 1904 | — | #77 | 305 | |
| 1903 | — | #86 | 238 | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #84 | 256 |
| 1901 | — | #83 | 238 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #82 | 316 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #83 | 223 |
| 1898 | — | #96 | 207 | |
| 1897 | — | #91 | 197 | |
| 1896 | — | #104 | 178 | |
| 1895 | — | #90 | 211 | |
| 1894 | — | #95 | 199 | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | #105 | 166 |
| 1892 | — | #98 | 191 | |
| 1891 | — | #99 | 163 | |
| 1890 | — | #107 | 156 | |
| 1889 | — | #112 | 141 | |
| 1888 | — | #107 | 156 | |
| 1887 | — | #113 | 119 | |
| 1886 | — | #96 | 161 | |
| 1885 | — | #116 | 118 | |
| 1884 | — | #113 | 130 | |
| 1883 | — | #120 | 106 | |
| 1882 | — | #130 | 107 | |
| 1881 | — | #124 | 95 | |
| 1880 | — | #131 | 102 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Norman was already there! It came in at #131, and was given to 102 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 140 boys a year got the name.
See more about Norman
- 112 spots since 2024 (#1,308 → #1,196)
- 69 spots since 2020 (#1,127 → #1,196)
- 35 spots since 2015 (#1,231 → #1,196)
- Biggest jump: 40 spots in 1991 (#469 → #429)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 2009 (#995 → #1,125)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #36 (5,426 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 63 yrs · run 1897–1954
- Top 1,000: 127 yrs · run 1880–2005
- Highest: 1 in 192 boys born in 1931 were named Norman (0.52%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,107 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.7% of all boys named Norman (49,987) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,235 | #96 (1886) | #116 |
| 1890s | 1,891 | #83 (1899) | #97 |
| 1900s | 3,178 | #71 (1905) | #78 |
| 1910s | 25,033 | #46 (1917) | #54 |
| 1920s | 49,364 | #39 (1928) | #42 |
| 1930s | 49,987 | #36 (1931) | #40 |
| 1940s | 42,164 | #48 (1940) | #66 |
| 1950s | 33,749 | #90 (1951) | #106 |
| 1960s | 22,753 | #130 (1962) | #142 |
| 1970s | 9,885 | #181 (1970) | #231 |
| 1980s | 5,853 | #286 (1980) | #342 |
| 1990s | 3,439 | #429 (1991) | #568 |
| 2000s | 2,071 | #663 (2000) | #890 |
| 2010s | 1,590 | #1,077 (2016) | #1,171 |
| 2020s | 968 | #1,127 (2020) | #1,225 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Norman in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
Top boys' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 50,738 of them was named Norman, which outranked 50.1% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,620Vonda12
- #1,620Willma12
- #1,620Zera12
- #1,719Norman11
- #1,719Adda11
- #1,719Ailie11
- #1,719Alfrieda11
- #1,844Adel10
- #1,844Adelaida10
- #1,844Albirta10
Tied with 124 names at #1,719; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 315 of them was named Norman, which outranked 97.9% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.