Girls' name · peaked in 1931
Norma name popularity since 1925
231,200 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Norma. Half of them were born in 1940 or earlier, so the typical Norma is about 86 years old in 2026. Norma peaked in 1931 as the #22 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 231,200
- Named Norma, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1931
- #22 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,012 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 230,045 girls · 1,155 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 2.54× its national share
Peak year is the year Norma made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Norma births per year, 1925–2025
1931 was the biggest year for Norma both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1995 and 2000, Norma's share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 3,860 to 1 in 7,440.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Norma's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Norma.
Decade by decade
Babies named Norma in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 38,525 | 146 | – |
| 1930s | 72,878 | 343 | #29 |
| 1940s | 43,030 | 176 | #74 |
| 1950s | 30,801 | 126 | #137 |
| 1960s | 21,519 | 117 | #171 |
| 1970s | 10,272 | 108 | #236 |
| 1980s | 5,553 | 114 | #439 |
| 1990s | 4,109 | 25 | #528 |
| 2000s | 1,992 | 0 | #1,188 |
| 2010s | 852 | 0 | #2,399 |
| 2020–25 | 514 | 0 | #2,012 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
50.5% of babies named Norma from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Norma is most popular
The index compares Norma's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Norma.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 2.54× | 5,126 |
| Oklahoma | 2.41× | 7,217 |
| Kansas | 1.96× | 4,581 |
| Kentucky | 1.91× | 7,356 |
| Nebraska | 1.85× | 2,977 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Norma's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Norma.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Norma (1931).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data