Norma — #2595 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Norma

The Social Security Administration has registered 277,973 babies named Norma between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Norma currently holds the #2595 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 8,759 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Norma performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 72,877 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Norma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 27,439 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Norma in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Norma 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 277,973 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.