Girls' name · since 1883
Norine
Norine has 5,242 recorded births since 1883 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,491 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5,242
- born since 1883
- 1920s
- peak decade
Norine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 5,242 have been recorded since 1883.
Norine has 5,242 recorded births among girls since 1883, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1883 to 2024.
- #2,491 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 5,242 born since 1883
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norine ranks #2,491 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5,242 born since 1883, peaking in the 1920s.
- #2,491 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5,242
- born since 1883
- 1920s
- peak decade
Norine's 5,242 recorded births place it above 96.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Norine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Norine splits its recorded history at 1938: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1883 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 122 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Norine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1883–2024
- Peak year (1920)
- 122
- Annual births at peak, across 142 years of records
Norine by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,045 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Norine's strongest decade.
1,045 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Norine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 48
1880s
48 births
- 1890s 142
1890s
142 births
- 1900s 254
1900s
254 births
- 1910s
1910s
675 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,045 births
- 1930s
1930s
816 births
- 1940s
1940s
672 births
- 1950s
1950s
892 births
- 1960s
1960s
457 births
- 1970s 142
1970s
142 births
- 1980s 62
1980s
62 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,045 births (20% of all-time use).
How Norine compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Norine's total volume
Norine by state
Where Norine concentrates geographically, total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 671 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 567 | 10.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 294 | 5.6% |
| #4 | California | | 279 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 121 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 61 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Texas | | 55 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Hawaii | | 42 | 0.8% |
671 of 5,242 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Norine appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Norine's data
- Norine's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,045 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.
- New York records the most Norines (671 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Norine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~141 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, 1883–2024 (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 Norine 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.