Girls' name · since 1985
Norelle
Since 1985, U.S. Social Security records show 136 babies named Norelle, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Norelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 136 have been recorded since 1985.
Norelle has 136 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2023.
- #23,809 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norelle ranks #23,809 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Norelle's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Norelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Norelle splits its recorded history at 2009: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Norelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2023
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Norelle by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Norelle's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Norelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Norelle's decade-level peak was the 2010s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Norelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
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, 1985–2023 (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 Norelle 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.