Norwood
Last seen for boys in 1997 at #8,110
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 78 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,909since 1883
Norwood over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Norwood has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,487 | 28 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #1,368 | 34 |
| 1960 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #1,559 | 26 |
| 1958 | #1,321 | 34 |
| 1957 | #1,411 | 31 |
| 1956 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1955 | #1,396 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | #1,139 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #1,279 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,052 | 45 |
| 1949 | #1,097 | 41 |
| 1948 | #954 | 53 |
| 1947 | #1,108 | 43 |
| 1946 | #897 | 54 |
| 1945 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,120 | 35 |
| 1943 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #991 | 45 |
| 1941 | #971 | 43 |
| 1940 | #1,067 | 37 |
| 1939 | #900 | 48 |
| 1938 | #860 | 52 |
| 1937 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | #940 | 43 |
| 1935 | #894 | 50 |
| 1934 | #869 | 52 |
| 1933 | #860 | 52 |
| 1932 | #924 | 49 |
| 1931 | #831 | 57 |
| 1930 | #865 | 58 |
| 1929 | #878 | 57 |
| 1928 | #722 | 78 |
| 1927 | #884 | 59 |
| 1926 | #813 | 66 |
| 1925 | #822 | 65 |
| 1924 | #797 | 71 |
| 1923 | #765 | 74 |
| 1922 | #766 | 74 |
| 1921 | #745 | 79 |
| 1920 | #785 | 72 |
| 1919 | #730 | 76 |
| 1918 | #796 | 67 |
| 1917 | #864 | 54 |
| 1916 | #771 | 63 |
| 1915 | #832 | 54 |
| 1914 | #907 | 36 |
| 1913 | #855 | 32 |
| 1912 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Norwood! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 628 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #793)
- Biggest drop: 470 spots in 1910 (#951 → #1,421)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1928 at #722 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1911–1939
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,896
- Highest: 1 in 12,896 boys born in 1919 were named Norwood (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 314,190 boys born in 1997 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #722 in 1928, was only 1 in 14,200 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 23.9% of all boys named Norwood (695) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #758 (1886) | #857 |
| 1890s | 31 | #744 (1898) | #958 |
| 1900s | 53 | #815 (1907) | #1,014 |
| 1910s | 437 | #730 (1919) | #873 |
| 1920s | 695 | #722 (1928) | #798 |
| 1930s | 508 | #831 (1931) | #885 |
| 1940s | 426 | #897 (1946) | #1,038 |
| 1950s | 321 | #1,052 (1950) | #1,363 |
| 1960s | 221 | #1,368 (1961) | #1,758 |
| 1970s | 98 | #2,399 (1970) | #3,747 |
| 1980s | 76 | #3,966 (1982) | #5,244 |
| 1990s | 26 | #4,993 (1990) | #7,602 |
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.
Norwood in 1934
boys
#869
52 births · 1 in 19,858 boys
Top boys' names in 1934
More about 1934
boys
1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 19,858 of them was named Norwood, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).