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
- Peak · boys
- 1924 · 308 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,456since 1880
Norris over time
Rank among boys' names. Norris has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,470 | 17 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,879 | 28 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,899 | 27 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,226 | 24 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,312 | 34 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,154 | 35 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,003 | 25 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,356 | 22 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,044 | 25 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,379 | 32 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,520 | 20 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,843 | 36 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,119 | 30 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,259 | 27 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,429 | 40 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,736 | 33 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,560 | 34 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,126 | 43 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,096 | 42 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,986 | 44 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,988 | 42 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,716 | 52 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,493 | 62 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,598 | 55 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,528 | 57 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,336 | 69 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,318 | 69 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,099 | 82 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,136 | 71 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,127 | 70 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,103 | 71 |
| 1984 | — | #1,012 | 77 | |
| 1983 | — | #956 | 85 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,082 | 71 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,029 | 78 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,004 | 81 | |
| 1979 | — | #937 | 88 | |
| 1978 | — | #898 | 92 | |
| 1977 | — | #913 | 86 | |
| 1976 | — | #957 | 76 | |
| 1975 | — | #870 | 91 | |
| 1974 | — | #837 | 92 | |
| 1973 | — | #804 | 96 | |
| 1972 | — | #826 | 94 | |
| 1971 | — | #707 | 136 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #781 | 111 |
| 1969 | — | #705 | 124 | |
| 1968 | — | #680 | 122 | |
| 1967 | — | #655 | 129 | |
| 1966 | — | #686 | 116 | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #617 | 154 |
| 1964 | — | #620 | 159 | |
| 1963 | — | #575 | 188 | |
| 1962 | — | #536 | 221 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #500 | 251 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #507 | 246 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #510 | 235 |
| 1958 | — | #513 | 227 | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #477 | 268 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #450 | 283 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #432 | 288 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #465 | 244 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #412 | 291 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #407 | 286 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #427 | 254 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #428 | 244 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #433 | 239 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #438 | 233 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #430 | 251 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #410 | 241 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #411 | 215 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #419 | 208 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #393 | 241 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #407 | 225 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #389 | 219 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #401 | 205 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #401 | 202 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #349 | 252 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #352 | 232 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #346 | 248 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #335 | 266 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #354 | 240 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | #336 | 251 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #345 | 256 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | #334 | 264 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #376 | 228 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #378 | 230 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #384 | 234 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #362 | 260 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #387 | 230 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #351 | 281 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #330 | 308 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | #364 | 267 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #375 | 260 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 | #350 | 290 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #394 | 228 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #413 | 200 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #395 | 226 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #417 | 183 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | #388 | 203 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #396 | 184 |
| 1914 | — | #387 | 150 | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #390 | 119 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #379 | 104 |
| 1911 | — | #420 | 47 | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | #370 | 48 |
| 1909 | — | #378 | 40 | |
| 1908 | — | #365 | 39 | |
| 1907 | — | #439 | 28 | |
| 1906 | — | #431 | 26 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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.
See more about Norris
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #330 (308 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 41 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1880–1979
- 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%)
- 15.9% of all boys named Norris (2,620) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 120 | #433 (1884) | #554 |
| 1890s | 146 | #438 (1897) | #521 |
| 1900s | 233 | #365 (1908) | #495 |
| 1910s | 1,464 | #370 (1910) | #396 |
| 1920s | 2,588 | #330 (1924) | #368 |
| 1930s | 2,439 | #334 (1931) | #353 |
| 1940s | 2,277 | #389 (1941) | #413 |
| 1950s | 2,620 | #407 (1952) | #452 |
| 1960s | 1,710 | #500 (1961) | #608 |
| 1970s | 962 | #707 (1971) | #853 |
| 1980s | 755 | #956 (1983) | #1,087 |
| 1990s | 500 | #1,336 (1990) | #1,843 |
| 2000s | 284 | #2,429 (2001) | #3,548 |
| 2010s | 247 | #3,154 (2014) | #4,198 |
| 2020s | 111 | #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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 120,141 of them was named Norris, which outranked 41.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,879Zoa10
- #2,879Zollie10
- #2,879Zonie10
- #3,092Norris9
- #3,092Adabelle9
- #3,092Adamae9
- #3,092Adine9
- #3,344Abbey8
- #3,344Adalyn8
- #3,344Adolph8
Tied with 251 names at #3,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 5,057 of them was named Norris, which outranked 90.9% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.