Boys' name · since 1935
Norlin
Norlin has 15 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,557 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1935
- 1950s
- peak decade
15 boys have been named Norlin since 1935, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Norlin has 15 recorded births among boys since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 1957.
- #31,557 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1935
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norlin ranks #31,557 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1935, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,557 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1935
- 1950s
- peak decade
Norlin's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Norlin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Norlin's full recorded timeline at 1950, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1935, with just 5 recorded births.
Norlin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1957
- Peak year (1935)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Norlin by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1950s was Norlin's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Norlin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Norlin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1935–1957 (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 Norlin 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.