Boys' name · peaked in 1931
Norman name popularity since 1925
200,217 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Norman (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1945 or earlier, so the typical Norman is about 81 years old in 2026. Norman peaked in 1931 as the #36 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 200,217
- Named Norman, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1931
- #36 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,200 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 1,260 girls · 198,957 boys
- Most popular in
- Maine
- 3.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Norman made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Norman births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1928. Measured as a share of all babies, Norman peaked in 1931.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, Norman's share of baby boys fell by 46%, from 1 in 3,890 to 1 in 7,180.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Norman's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Norman.
Decade by decade
Babies named Norman in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 242 | 26,498 | – |
| 1930s | 304 | 49,987 | #38 |
| 1940s | 193 | 42,164 | #65 |
| 1950s | 179 | 33,749 | #102 |
| 1960s | 179 | 22,753 | #134 |
| 1970s | 115 | 9,885 | #241 |
| 1980s | 48 | 5,853 | #334 |
| 1990s | 0 | 3,439 | #617 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,071 | #906 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,590 | #1,237 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 968 | #1,200 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
43.6% of babies named Norman from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Norman is most popular
The index compares Norman'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 Norman.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maine | 3.06× | 2,596 |
| Vermont | 3.02× | 1,000 |
| New Hampshire | 2.67× | 1,669 |
| Rhode Island | 2.60× | 1,828 |
| Hawaii | 1.95× | 1,210 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Norman's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Norman.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Norman (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