Norm — boys' name

What the Data Says About Norm

The Social Security Administration has registered 563 babies named Norm between 1935 and 1971, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norm currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Norm performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Norm shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Norm in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Norm 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 563 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.