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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #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.

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 1928

girls
#3,164
9 births · 1 in 128,146 girls
boys
#384
234 births · 1 in 4,733 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #3,164Norris9

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #384Norris234
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 128,146 of them was named Norris, which outranked 41.8% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Norris
  1. #2,954Ysabel10
  2. #2,954Zara10
  3. #2,954Zillah10
  4. #3,164Norris9
  5. #3,164Adlene9
  6. #3,164Alaine9
  7. #3,164Albena9
  8. #3,436Adair8
  9. #3,436Adra8
  10. #3,436Al8

Tied with 271 names at #3,164; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 4,733 of them was named Norris, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Norris
  1. #379Clark240
  2. #382Claud238
  3. #383Elmo235
  4. #384Norris234
  5. #384Cyril234
  6. #384Vito234
  7. #387Lamar233
  8. #388Stewart232
  9. #389Guadalupe231

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928