Boys' name · since 2010
Norbu
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Norbu, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,169 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,500 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Norbu currently ranks #11500 among boys' names in America, with 29 babies recorded since 2010.
Social Security Administration records show Norbu recorded 29 times among boys since 2010, holding rank #11500 nationally today, ahead of 17% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #26,169 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,500 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 29 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norbu ranks #26,169 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,500 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 29 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,169 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,500 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 29
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Norbu's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Norbu compares
29 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Norbu's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Norbu | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 29 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Norbu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Norbu splits its recorded history at 2021: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Norbu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Norbu by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Norbu's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Norbu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Norbu: 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, 2010–2025 (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 Norbu 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.