Norton

Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605

Peak · boys
1897 · 10 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,310
since 1882

Norton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Norton has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #681, 1897boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#10,6056
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002#9,3926
2001#10,5565
2000
1999
1998
1997#6,6188
1996#7,1367
1995#8,8685
1994
1993#6,2288
1992#6,1288
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983#5,4846
1982#5,6196
1981#4,5098
1980#4,9407
1979
1978#5,7725
1977#3,60610
1976
1975#4,3097
1974#3,31810
1973#4,0547
1972#4,9865
1971#3,3709
1970#4,2306
1969#2,68211
1968#2,73510
1967#2,7609
1966
1965#2,7809
1964#2,40912
1963#2,20014
1962#2,50411
1961#2,9009
1960#2,21014
1959#2,29513
1958#2,50611
1957#2,49411
1956#1,94517
1955#2,30212
1954#2,04415
1953#1,76519
1952#2,07314
1951#1,55323
1950#1,49924
1949#1,29731
1948#1,51923
1947#1,42527
1946#1,50922
1945#1,34924
1944#1,48321
1943#1,76417
1942#1,11038
1941#1,18731
1940#1,01940
1939#1,05237
1938#1,19930
1937#85851
1936#1,02838
1935#87252
1934#84555
1933#88549
1932#85256
1931#76866
1930#82462
1929#86958
1928#74374
1927#88459
1926#89456
1925#89057
1924#90759
1923#85363
1922#1,04645
1921#93157
1920#91157
1919#83262
1918#88257
1917#78464
1916#78162
1915#83254
1914#78845
1913#83533
1912#81629
1911#79317
1910#1,3147
1909#1,0209
1908#1,2176
1907#86610
1906#1,0047
1905#1,2335
1904#1,0646
1903#1,0096
1902
1901#1,0585
1900#9688
1899#9286
1898
1897#68110
1896#1,1015
1895#1,0795
1894
1893#8367
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889#9745
1888#1,0315
1887
1886
1885#7008
1884#9715
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Norton! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Norton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 521 spots in 1911 (#1,314#793)
  • Biggest drop: 351 spots in 1908 (#866#1,217)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1897 at #681 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1923–1935
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,276
  • Highest: 1 in 11,276 boys born in 1897 were named Norton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,679 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all boys named Norton (585) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#700 (1885)#924
1890s38#681 (1897)#931
1900s62#866 (1907)#1,049
1910s430#781 (1916)#866
1920s585#743 (1928)#893
1930s496#768 (1931)#918
1940s274#1,019 (1940)#1,366
1950s159#1,499 (1950)#2,048
1960s99#2,200 (1963)#2,576
1970s59#3,318 (1974)#4,206
1980s27#4,509 (1981)#5,138
1990s36#6,128 (1992)#6,996
2000s11#9,392 (2002)#9,974
2010s0
2020s6#10,605 (2020)#10,605

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.

Norton in 1931

boys
#768
66 births · 1 in 15,753 boys

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #768Norton66
More about 1931

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 15,753 of them was named Norton, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Norton
  1. #756Florian67
  2. #756Helen67
  3. #756Sonny67
  4. #768Norton66
  5. #768Carleton66
  6. #768Carlyle66
  7. #768Gerry66
  8. #775Bertrand65
  9. #775Claire65
  10. #775Dock65

Tied with 6 names at #768; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931