Boys' name · since 1926
Norlan
Norlan has 135 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,473 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,833 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1926
- 2010s
- peak decade
135 babies have been named Norlan since 1926, making it today's #10833 boys' name.
Norlan has 135 recorded births among boys since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10833 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, 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 1926 to 2025.
- #15,473 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,833 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 1926
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norlan ranks #15,473 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,833 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 135 born since 1926, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,473 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,833 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1926
- 2010s
- peak decade
Norlan's 135 recorded births place it above 65.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Norlan compares
135 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Norlan's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Norlan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Norlan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Norlan's full recorded timeline at 2013, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Norlan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 100 years of records
Norlan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (43 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Norlan's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Norlan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 43 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Norlan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Norlan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~99 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, 1926–2025 (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 Norlan 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.