Nord — boys' name
12 babies named Nord in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Nord was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Nord in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nord
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Nord between 1921 and 1947, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nord currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nord performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nord shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nord in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nord in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nord at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nord popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1921
- Peak year (1921)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
12 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 6 births in a single year.
Nord by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 6 births that decade — 50% of Nord's all-time total
Nord decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Nord's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Nord by state
Where Nord concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 5 | 41.7% |
5 of 12 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 41.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 41.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.