Norris

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 96.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1924 · 308 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,456
since 1880

Norris over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Norris has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #330, 1924boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#5,86115
2024—#6,19914
2023—#5,47017
2022—#3,87928
2021—#5,11018
2020—#4,85519
2019—#3,89927
2018—#4,22624
2017—#3,31234
2016—#5,31817
2015—#4,54521
2014—#3,15435
2013—#5,17117
2012—#4,00325
2011—#4,35622
2010—#3,99425
2009—#5,33417
2008—#4,04425
2007—#3,37932
2006—#4,52020
2005—#3,81524
2004—#2,84336
2003—#3,11930
2002—#3,25927
2001—#2,42940
2000—#2,73633
1999—#2,56034
1998—#2,12643
1997—#2,09642
1996—#1,98644
1995—#1,98842
1994—#1,71652
1993—#1,49362
1992—#1,59855
1991—#1,52857
1990—#1,33669
1989—#1,31869
1988—#1,09982
1987—#1,13671
1986—#1,12770
1985#10,6775#1,10371
1984—#1,01277
1983—#95685
1982—#1,08271
1981—#1,02978
1980—#1,00481
1979—#93788
1978—#89892
1977—#91386
1976—#95776
1975—#87091
1974—#83792
1973—#80496
1972—#82694
1971—#707136
1970#7,9955#781111
1969—#705124
1968—#680122
1967—#655129
1966—#686116
1965#4,8318#617154
1964—#620159
1963—#575188
1962—#536221
1961#4,8828#500251
1960#5,1687#507246
1959#3,61912#510235
1958—#513227
1957#3,15014#477268
1956#4,4678#450283
1955#4,7407#432288
1954#4,2788#465244
1953#3,9559#412291
1952#4,9086#407286
1951#4,3857#427254
1950#3,9628#428244
1949#3,6129#433239
1948#3,5939#438233
1947#3,7069#430251
1946#4,4176#410241
1945#2,45813#411215
1944#2,76211#419208
1943#2,44714#393241
1942#3,1949#407225
1941#2,53212#389219
1940#2,57211#401205
1939#3,1458#401202
1938#3,8476#349252
1937#2,57011#352232
1936#2,15314#346248
1935#2,73110#335266
1934#2,28913#354240
1933#1,60622#336251
1932#2,83110#345256
1931#2,30713#334264
1930#2,42513#376228
1929#2,09816#378230
1928#3,1649#384234
1927#3,05310#362260
1926#2,56913#387230
1925#3,11610#351281
1924#2,40915#330308
1923#2,36615#364267
1922#2,61213#375260
1921#2,50914#350290
1920#4,3986#394228
1919#2,81311#413200
1918#4,8095#395226
1917#3,0929#417183
1916#3,5527#388203
1915#2,9009#396184
1914—#387150
1913#2,8276#390119
1912#2,1448#379104
1911—#42047
1910#1,9357#37048
1909—#37840
1908—#36539
1907—#43928
1906—#43126
1905—#69912
1904—#41725
1903—#59514
1902#1,7935#58314
1901—#46617
1900—#57818
1899—#50215
1898—#57314
1897—#43819
1896—#59213
1895—#55614
1894—#56713
1893—#47915
1892—#54714
1891—#49713
1890—#45816
1889—#54912
1888—#52814
1887—#6798
1886—#6479
1885—#54712
1884—#43318
1883—#55611
1882—#61110
1881—#46014
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Norris was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Norris is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Norris
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 338 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #5,861)
  • 1,006 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #5,861)
  • 1,316 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1906 (#699 → #431)
  • Biggest drop: 282 spots in 1905 (#417 → #699)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1924 at #330 (308 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 41 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 101 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1880–1979
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,678
  • Highest: 1 in 3,678 boys born in 1924 were named Norris (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.9% of all boys named Norris (2,620) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s120#433 (1884)#554
1890s146#438 (1897)#521
1900s233#365 (1908)#495
1910s1,464#370 (1910)#396
1920s2,588#330 (1924)#368
1930s2,439#334 (1931)#353
1940s2,277#389 (1941)#413
1950s2,620#407 (1952)#452
1960s1,710#500 (1961)#608
1970s962#707 (1971)#853
1980s755#956 (1983)#1,087
1990s500#1,336 (1990)#1,843
2000s284#2,429 (2001)#3,548
2010s247#3,154 (2014)#4,198
2020s111#3,879 (2022)#5,229

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.

Norris in 1909

boys
#378
40 births · 1 in 4,100 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #378Norris40
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 4,100 of them was named Norris, which outranked 77.5% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Norris
  1. #371Pearl41
  2. #371Royal41
  3. #371Saul41
  4. #378Norris40
  5. #378Buck40
  6. #378Harris40
  7. #378Jimmy40
  8. #388Clair39
  9. #388Edd39
  10. #388Eldon39

Tied with 9 names at #378; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →