Girls' name · since 1917
Norina
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 279 babies named Norina, peaking in 1968. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 279
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Norina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 279 recorded since 1917.
Norina has 279 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2022.
- #16,533 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 279 born since 1917
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norina ranks #16,533 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 279 born since 1917, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 279
- born since 1917
- 1970s
- peak decade
Norina's 279 recorded births place it above 77.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Norina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Norina's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Norina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2022
- Peak year (1968)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Norina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (55 births, 20% of the file).
1970s was Norina's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Norina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 15
1920s
15 births
- 1930s
1930s
24 births
- 1940s
1940s
39 births
- 1950s
1950s
46 births
- 1960s
1960s
54 births
- 1970s
1970s
55 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 55 births (20% of all-time use).
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- Norina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Norina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1917–2022 (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 Norina 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.