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.

Norman

#152 most common boys' name of all time · #317 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#152
Rank overall
#317 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
254,762
Since 2016
1,639
Peak year
1928 #39
Best rank
#36 1931
Girls Boys peak 5,637/yr
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Norman 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 169 169 #1,196
2024 149 149 #1,308
2023 138 138 #1,360
2022 168 168 #1,192
2021 170 170 #1,165
2020 174 174 #1,127
2019 160 160 #1,193
2018 156 156 #1,202
2017 172 172 #1,117
2016 183 183 #1,077
2015 148 148 #1,231
2014 174 174 #1,097
2013 160 160 #1,135
2012 160 160 #1,145
2011 130 130 #1,309
2010 147 147 #1,209
2009 164 164 #1,125
2008 196 196 #995
2007 192 192 #1,005
2006 182 182 #1,008
2005 197 197 #906
2004 211 211 #842
2003 220 220 #792
2002 210 210 #810
2001 228 228 #756
2000 271 271 #663
1999 240 240 #698
1998 271 271 #645
1997 295 295 #599
1996 264 264 #637
1995 279 279 #615
1994 328 328 #566
1993 393 393 #517
1992 405 405 #500
1991 520 520 #429
1990 444 444 #469
1989 497 497 #418
1988 8 492 500 #403
1987 6 525 531 #368
1986 503 503 #370
1985 9 574 583 #334
1984 7 594 601 #324
1983 6 624 630 #313
1982 5 634 639 #312
1981 685 685 #292
1980 7 725 732 #286
1979 8 695 703 #291
1978 13 739 752 #266
1977 14 755 769 #262
1976 8 825 833 #244
1975 9 849 858 #241
1974 9 1,000 1,009 #215
1973 10 987 997 #219
1972 10 1,171 1,181 #198
1971 21 1,342 1,363 #190
1970 13 1,522 1,535 #181
1969 20 1,647 1,667 #169
1968 22 1,767 1,789 #155
1967 20 1,955 1,975 #146
1966 15 2,171 2,186 #137
1965 19 2,302 2,321 #134
1964 14 2,258 2,272 #144
1963 20 2,478 2,498 #138
1962 12 2,788 2,800 #130
1961 13 2,687 2,700 #134
1960 24 2,700 2,724 #132
1959 20 2,776 2,796 #131
1958 18 3,074 3,092 #125
1957 15 3,340 3,355 #118
1956 19 3,417 3,436 #107
1955 27 3,411 3,438 #102
1954 12 3,417 3,429 #99
1953 15 3,372 3,387 #98
1952 16 3,572 3,588 #96
1951 14 3,729 3,743 #90
1950 23 3,641 3,664 #90
1949 8 3,668 3,676 #90
1948 18 3,894 3,912 #85
1947 15 4,410 4,425 #81
1946 21 4,161 4,182 #76
1945 16 3,726 3,742 #65
1944 26 4,065 4,091 #58
1943 21 4,522 4,543 #56
1942 20 4,683 4,703 #53
1941 23 4,459 4,482 #49
1940 25 4,576 4,601 #48
1939 17 4,742 4,759 #44
1938 38 4,953 4,991 #43
1937 23 4,673 4,696 #43
1936 24 4,645 4,669 #43
1935 19 5,043 5,062 #38
1934 21 4,989 5,010 #38
1933 39 4,959 4,998 #37
1932 46 5,268 5,314 #37
1931 36 5,426 5,462 #36
1930 41 5,289 5,330 #40
1929 55 5,157 5,212 #40
1928 47 5,590 5,637 #39
1927 48 5,494 5,542 #39
1926 55 5,282 5,337 #39
1925 37 4,975 5,012 #41
1924 35 5,045 5,080 #42
1923 28 4,706 4,734 #44
1922 37 4,527 4,564 #44
1921 26 4,479 4,505 #46
1920 33 4,109 4,142 #47
1919 24 3,809 3,833 #48
1918 28 3,867 3,895 #49
1917 20 3,788 3,808 #46
1916 24 3,609 3,633 #48
1915 20 3,262 3,282 #50
1914 13 2,335 2,348 #54
1913 11 1,748 1,759 #57
1912 11 1,367 1,378 #61
1911 691 691 #63
1910 557 557 #63
1909 415 415 #75
1908 374 374 #74
1907 6 362 368 #75
1906 324 324 #76
1905 5 350 355 #71
1904 305 305 #77
1903 238 238 #86
1902 5 256 261 #84
1901 238 238 #83
1900 5 316 321 #83
1899 5 223 228 #84
1898 207 207 #96
1897 197 197 #91
1896 178 178 #104
1895 211 211 #92
1894 199 199 #96
1893 6 166 172 #105
1892 191 191 #98
1891 163 163 #99
1890 156 156 #108
1889 141 141 #112
1888 156 156 #108
1887 119 119 #114
1886 161 161 #97
1885 118 118 #117
1884 130 130 #113
1883 106 106 #120
1882 107 107 #130
1881 95 95 #124
1880 102 102 #133