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Norman: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 169 in 2025. Its best rank was #36 in 1931.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #36 in 1931; #1,200 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Norman in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,200 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1931, at #36.
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Norman: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 169 boys in 2025. Peak: #36 in 1931 · most boys in one year: 5,590 (1928).
In 2025, 169 US boys were named Norman, making it the 1,200th most common boys’ name of the year, up 111 places from #1,311 in 2024. That is 20 more than the 149 boys named Norman in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #36, reached in 1931. The most boys given the name in a single year was 5,590, in 1928. For comparison, it was #1,237 in 2015 and #90 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Norman in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 102 babies with the name. In all, 254,762 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 50,291 babies named Norman.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,639 US boys were named Norman; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 183. In 2025 that was about 1 in 10,107 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Norman ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #292 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Norm, Normon and Normen are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Norm.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Norm (562), Normon (263), Normen (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 5 | #292 | — |
| Michigan | 13 | #630 | #946 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #694 | #765 |
| Missouri | 7 | #771 | — |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #856 | #738 |
| Maryland | 5 | #890 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #926 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #989 | #785 |
| Ohio | 8 | #992 | #678 |
| New York | 12 | #1,037 | #2,020 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,237 | #1,260 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,241 | #1,158 |
| Florida | 8 | #1,440 | — |
| Texas | 9 | #1,862 | #1,729 |
| California | 6 | #2,389 | #1,426 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 169 | #1,200 |
| 2024 | — | — | 149 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | — | — | 138 | #1,364 |
| 2022 | — | — | 168 | #1,195 |
| 2021 | — | — | 170 | #1,167 |
| 2020 | — | — | 174 | #1,128 |
| 2019 | — | — | 160 | #1,199 |
| 2018 | — | — | 156 | #1,205 |
| 2017 | — | — | 172 | #1,119 |
| 2016 | — | — | 183 | #1,078 |
| 2015 | — | — | 148 | #1,237 |
| 2014 | — | — | 174 | #1,098 |
| 2013 | — | — | 160 | #1,138 |
| 2012 | — | — | 160 | #1,149 |
| 2011 | — | — | 130 | #1,314 |
| 2010 | — | — | 147 | #1,212 |
| 2009 | — | — | 164 | #1,129 |
| 2008 | — | — | 196 | #1,000 |
| 2007 | — | — | 192 | #1,009 |
| 2006 | — | — | 182 | #1,014 |
| 2005 | — | — | 197 | #906 |
| 2004 | — | — | 211 | #845 |
| 2003 | — | — | 220 | #796 |
| 2002 | — | — | 210 | #810 |
| 2001 | — | — | 228 | #756 |
| 2000 | — | — | 271 | #663 |
| 1999 | — | — | 240 | #700 |
| 1998 | — | — | 271 | #645 |
| 1997 | — | — | 295 | #601 |
| 1996 | — | — | 264 | #638 |
| 1995 | — | — | 279 | #617 |
| 1994 | — | — | 328 | #566 |
| 1993 | — | — | 393 | #517 |
| 1992 | — | — | 405 | #500 |
| 1991 | — | — | 520 | #429 |
| 1990 | — | — | 444 | #470 |
| 1989 | — | — | 497 | #418 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,975 | 492 | #403 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,832 | 525 | #369 |
| 1986 | — | — | 503 | #370 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,381 | 574 | #334 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,847 | 594 | #324 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,850 | 624 | #314 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,746 | 634 | #312 |
| 1981 | — | — | 685 | #292 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,783 | 725 | #286 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,813 | 695 | #291 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,121 | 739 | #266 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,848 | 755 | #262 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,070 | 825 | #245 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,298 | 849 | #241 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,094 | 1,000 | #215 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,461 | 987 | #219 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,344 | 1,171 | #198 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,233 | 1,342 | #190 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,414 | 1,522 | #181 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,078 | 1,647 | #169 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,768 | 1,767 | #155 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,842 | 1,955 | #146 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,360 | 2,171 | #137 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,897 | 2,302 | #134 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,641 | 2,258 | #144 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,837 | 2,478 | #138 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,944 | 2,788 | #130 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,741 | 2,687 | #134 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,490 | 2,700 | #132 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,650 | 2,776 | #131 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,831 | 3,074 | #125 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,113 | 3,340 | #118 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,694 | 3,417 | #107 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,093 | 3,411 | #102 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,448 | 3,417 | #99 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,899 | 3,372 | #98 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,764 | 3,572 | #96 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,891 | 3,729 | #90 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,037 | 3,641 | #90 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,138 | 3,668 | #90 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,394 | 3,894 | #85 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,742 | 4,410 | #81 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,076 | 4,161 | #76 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,215 | 3,726 | #65 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,652 | 4,065 | #58 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,933 | 4,522 | #56 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,961 | 4,683 | #53 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,684 | 4,459 | #49 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,579 | 4,576 | #48 |
| 1939 | 17 | #2,017 | 4,742 | #44 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,194 | 4,953 | #43 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,615 | 4,673 | #43 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,540 | 4,645 | #43 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,827 | 5,043 | #38 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,685 | 4,989 | #38 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,133 | 4,959 | #37 |
| 1932 | 46 | #1,052 | 5,268 | #37 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,218 | 5,426 | #36 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,175 | 5,289 | #40 |
| 1929 | 55 | #974 | 5,157 | #40 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,108 | 5,590 | #39 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,106 | 5,494 | #39 |
| 1926 | 55 | #1,011 | 5,282 | #39 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,317 | 4,975 | #41 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,399 | 5,045 | #42 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,579 | 4,706 | #44 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,300 | 4,527 | #44 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,710 | 4,479 | #46 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,396 | 4,109 | #47 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,689 | 3,809 | #48 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,525 | 3,867 | #49 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,823 | 3,788 | #46 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,571 | 3,609 | #48 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,726 | 3,262 | #50 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,985 | 2,335 | #54 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,981 | 1,748 | #57 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,802 | 1,367 | #61 |
| 1911 | — | — | 691 | #63 |
| 1910 | — | — | 557 | #63 |
| 1909 | — | — | 415 | #75 |
| 1908 | — | — | 374 | #74 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,990 | 362 | #75 |
| 1906 | — | — | 324 | #76 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,152 | 350 | #71 |
| 1904 | — | — | 305 | #77 |
| 1903 | — | — | 238 | #86 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,966 | 256 | #84 |
| 1901 | — | — | 238 | #83 |
| 1900 | 5 | #2,141 | 316 | #83 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,771 | 223 | #83 |
| 1898 | — | — | 207 | #96 |
| 1897 | — | — | 197 | #91 |
| 1896 | — | — | 178 | #104 |
| 1895 | — | — | 211 | #91 |
| 1894 | — | — | 199 | #96 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,393 | 166 | #106 |
| 1892 | — | — | 191 | #98 |
| 1891 | — | — | 163 | #100 |
| 1890 | — | — | 156 | #108 |
| 1889 | — | — | 141 | #112 |
| 1888 | — | — | 156 | #108 |
| 1887 | — | — | 119 | #113 |
| 1886 | — | — | 161 | #97 |
| 1885 | — | — | 118 | #116 |
| 1884 | — | — | 130 | #113 |
| 1883 | — | — | 106 | #120 |
| 1882 | — | — | 107 | #131 |
| 1881 | — | — | 95 | #125 |
| 1880 | — | — | 102 | #133 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).