Unisex name · since 2002
Nor
34 babies named Nor in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nor sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nor has been recorded 34 times among girls since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2024.
- #39,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nor ranks #39,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #39,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nor's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nor splits its recorded history at 2022: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nor popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Nor popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2013 (Nor as boys' name)
Nor by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Nor's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Nor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.