Norell — unisex name
64 babies named Norell in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Norell was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Norell in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Norell
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Norell between 1977 and 1989, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Norell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Norell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1977.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Norell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Norell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Norell 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 64 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.
Norell at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Norell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1977
- Peak year (1980)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
64 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 12 births in a single year.
Norell popularity over time — boys
15 total births recorded since 1977 (Norell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Norell accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Norell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 44 births that decade — 69% of Norell's all-time total
Norell decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Norell's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–1989 (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.