Norlyn — boys' name
20 babies named Norlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Norlyn was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Norlyn in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Norlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Norlyn between 1932 and 1948, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norlyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Norlyn performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Norlyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Norlyn 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 20 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.
Norlyn at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Norlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1932
- Peak year (1932)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1948.
20 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 5 births in a single year.
Norlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 10 births that decade — 50% of Norlyn's all-time total
Norlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Norlyn's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1932–1948 (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.