Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Norma

#147 most common girls' name of all time · #286 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#147
Rank overall
#286 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
279,349
Since 2016
837
Peak year
1931 #22
Best rank
#22 1931
Girls Boys peak 8,796/yr
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Norma is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 95 95 #2,002
2024 69 69 #2,559
2023 87 87 #2,177
2022 89 89 #2,142
2021 99 99 #1,971
2020 75 75 #2,342
2019 74 74 #2,402
2018 81 81 #2,254
2017 81 81 #2,283
2016 87 87 #2,207
2015 77 77 #2,382
2014 84 84 #2,237
2013 86 86 #2,173
2012 60 60 #2,868
2011 105 105 #1,898
2010 117 117 #1,763
2009 126 126 #1,734
2008 151 151 #1,532
2007 151 151 #1,527
2006 205 205 #1,184
2005 194 194 #1,185
2004 210 210 #1,091
2003 203 203 #1,085
2002 242 242 #923
2001 266 266 #855
2000 244 244 #899
1999 292 292 #758
1998 307 307 #720
1997 355 355 #630
1996 332 332 #668
1995 456 456 #527
1994 452 452 #541
1993 451 5 456 #531
1992 462 6 468 #514
1991 508 6 514 #480
1990 494 8 502 #494
1989 534 9 543 #454
1988 449 8 457 #500
1987 464 14 478 #470
1986 472 13 485 #456
1985 498 12 510 #439
1984 463 11 474 #450
1983 519 14 533 #418
1982 669 19 688 #350
1981 729 9 738 #323
1980 756 5 761 #320
1979 774 8 782 #310
1978 721 15 736 #317
1977 778 7 785 #306
1976 925 15 940 #258
1975 1,022 7 1,029 #236
1974 1,062 8 1,070 #240
1973 1,043 12 1,055 #242
1972 1,151 7 1,158 #239
1971 1,361 12 1,373 #223
1970 1,435 17 1,452 #218
1969 1,556 10 1,566 #203
1968 1,550 14 1,564 #201
1967 1,828 9 1,837 #173
1966 1,860 11 1,871 #178
1965 2,049 21 2,070 #171
1964 2,429 8 2,437 #157
1963 2,458 2,458 #163
1962 2,678 11 2,689 #155
1961 2,549 19 2,568 #164
1960 2,562 14 2,576 #162
1959 2,721 14 2,735 #157
1958 2,737 15 2,752 #149
1957 2,984 9 2,993 #141
1956 3,046 16 3,062 #138
1955 2,935 5 2,940 #137
1954 3,103 18 3,121 #128
1953 3,168 16 3,184 #122
1952 3,341 8 3,349 #112
1951 3,355 10 3,365 #107
1950 3,411 15 3,426 #104
1949 3,412 14 3,426 #105
1948 3,593 13 3,606 #103
1947 4,425 19 4,444 #82
1946 4,266 13 4,279 #77
1945 3,603 13 3,616 #74
1944 3,863 14 3,877 #66
1943 4,542 22 4,564 #58
1942 4,971 24 4,995 #52
1941 5,021 23 5,044 #47
1940 5,334 21 5,355 #43
1939 5,827 23 5,850 #38
1938 6,368 36 6,404 #34
1937 6,235 33 6,268 #33
1936 6,633 24 6,657 #29
1935 6,869 35 6,904 #29
1934 7,788 32 7,820 #24
1933 7,482 39 7,521 #23
1932 8,406 44 8,450 #22
1931 8,759 37 8,796 #22
1930 8,511 40 8,551 #25
1929 7,893 39 7,932 #25
1928 8,166 31 8,197 #23
1927 7,997 26 8,023 #26
1926 7,528 26 7,554 #29
1925 6,941 24 6,965 #34
1924 6,542 18 6,560 #40
1923 5,885 19 5,904 #41
1922 5,238 12 5,250 #46
1921 5,102 16 5,118 #51
1920 3,949 9 3,958 #69
1919 3,199 7 3,206 #83
1918 2,653 14 2,667 #98
1917 2,123 10 2,133 #108
1916 1,921 6 1,927 #111
1915 1,737 1,737 #118
1914 1,172 1,172 #128
1913 878 878 #139
1912 800 6 806 #137
1911 531 531 #152
1910 486 486 #159
1909 438 438 #158
1908 430 6 436 #157
1907 375 375 #164
1906 332 332 #165
1905 311 311 #169
1904 281 281 #173
1903 311 311 #159
1902 277 277 #172
1901 264 264 #171
1900 316 316 #174
1899 214 214 #191
1898 241 241 #187
1897 200 200 #195
1896 197 197 #197
1895 219 219 #181
1894 174 174 #202
1893 189 189 #186
1892 190 190 #184
1891 127 127 #210
1890 134 134 #207
1889 108 108 #223
1888 101 101 #230
1887 77 77 #241
1886 72 72 #243
1885 51 51 #276
1884 42 42 #297
1883 49 49 #259
1882 32 32 #314
1881 26 26 #315
1880 32 32 #277