Norlin — boys' name
15 babies named Norlin in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Norlin was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Norlin in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Norlin
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Norlin between 1935 and 1957, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norlin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Norlin performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Norlin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Norlin 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 15 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.
Norlin at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Norlin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1935
- Peak year (1935)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1957.
15 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 5 births in a single year.
Norlin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Norlin's all-time total
Norlin decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Norlin's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 1935–1957 (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.