Boys' name · since 1935
Norm
562 babies named Norm in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,361 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 562
- born since 1935
- 1950s
- peak decade
Norm is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 562 have been recorded since 1935.
Norm has 562 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 1971.
- #7,361 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 562 born since 1935
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norm ranks #7,361 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 562 born since 1935, peaking in the 1950s.
- #7,361 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 562
- born since 1935
- 1950s
- peak decade
Norm's 562 recorded births place it above 83.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Norm's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Norm splits its recorded history at 1954: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1935 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 34 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Norm popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1971
- Peak year (1958)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Norm by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (203 births, 36% of the file).
1950s was Norm's strongest decade.
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Norm births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 27
1930s
27 births
- 1940s
1940s
162 births
- 1950s
1950s
203 births
- 1960s
1960s
154 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 203 births (36% of all-time use).
How Norm compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Norm's total volume
Norm by state
Where Norm concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 38 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 22 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Washington | | 5 | 0.9% |
38 of 562 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Norm's data
- Norm's decade-level peak was the 1950s (203 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Norms (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Norm: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1935–1971 (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 Norm 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.