Girls' name · since 1913
Norena
Since 1913, U.S. Social Security records show 120 babies named Norena, peaking in 1939. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
120 girls have been named Norena since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Norena has 120 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1991.
- #25,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 120 born since 1913
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norena ranks #25,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.
- #25,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1913
- 1910s
- peak decade
Norena's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Norena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Norena's SSA record in two at 1943 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1939 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Norena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1991
- Peak year (1939)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Norena by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (29 births, 24% of the file).
1910s was Norena's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Norena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
29 births
- 1920s
1920s
20 births
- 1930s
1930s
14 births
- 1940s
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 29 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Norena's decade-level peak was the 1910s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Norena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1939)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1913–1991 (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 Norena 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.