Norlan — #8388 US boys' name
129 babies named Norlan in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Norlan was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Norlan in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Norlan
The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Norlan between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norlan currently holds the #8388 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Norlan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Norlan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Norlan 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 129 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.
Norlan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Norlan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1926
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 99 years of records
Currently ranks #8388 among boys.
129 total births across 99 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 10 births in a single year.
Norlan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 43 births that decade — 33% of Norlan's all-time total
Norlan decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Norlan's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1926–2024 (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.