Norman
Norman was given to 169 boys in 2025, #1,200 among boys’ names; 254,762 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 87,400 Americans named Norman and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 56 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Norman by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Norman mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Norman is “a male given name from Old English used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.”
From Middle English Norman, from Old English Norman (a variant of Norþman) and Old French Normant. It is certain that the word is derived from the base of the Germanic words for north and the Germanic base of the words for man. However, given the frequent movement of Germanic groups especially into and out of Britain in the post-classical world, it is unclear in what tongue it came to be used first. In addition, the generally accepted meaning, a person from Normandy or one of the many French-speaking invaders to Britain, was used chiefly by Anglo-Norman and Old French, though it originally referred to any Scandinavian of the time.
/ˈnɔɹmən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Norman?
#1,200 among boys’ names, 2025
Norman rose from #1,237 in 2015 to #1,200 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 77.2 to 98.9 per million.
5,637 babies in 1928, the peak
Norman peaked in 1928, when 5,637 babies were given it (5,590 boys, #39 among boys’ names). The 169 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #1,200 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 149 | #1,311 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 138 | #1,364 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 168 | #1,195 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 170 | #1,167 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 174 | #1,128 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,199 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 156 | #1,205 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 172 | #1,119 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 183 | #1,078 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 148 | #1,237 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 174 | #1,098 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,138 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 160 | #1,149 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,314 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 147 | #1,212 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 164 | #1,129 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 196 | #1,000 | 0.10 |
| 2007 | 192 | #1,009 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 182 | #1,014 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 197 | #906 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 211 | #844 | 0.11 |
| 2003 | 220 | #795 | 0.11 |
| 2002 | 210 | #809 | 0.11 |
| 2001 | 228 | #755 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 271 | #662 | 0.14 |
| 1999 | 240 | #698 | 0.12 |
| 1998 | 271 | #645 | 0.14 |
| 1997 | 295 | #601 | 0.16 |
| 1996 | 264 | #637 | 0.14 |
| 1995 | 279 | #616 | 0.15 |
| 1994 | 328 | #565 | 0.17 |
| 1993 | 393 | #517 | 0.20 |
| 1992 | 405 | #500 | 0.20 |
| 1991 | 520 | #429 | 0.26 |
| 1990 | 444 | #469 | 0.22 |
| 1989 | 497 | #418 | 0.25 |
| 1988 | 492 | #403 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 525 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1986 | 503 | #370 | 0.27 |
| 1985 | 574 | #334 | 0.31 |
| 1984 | 594 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1983 | 624 | #314 | 0.35 |
| 1982 | 634 | #312 | 0.35 |
| 1981 | 685 | #292 | 0.38 |
| 1980 | 725 | #286 | 0.41 |
| 1979 | 695 | #291 | 0.40 |
| 1978 | 739 | #266 | 0.45 |
| 1977 | 755 | #262 | 0.46 |
| 1976 | 825 | #245 | 0.53 |
| 1975 | 849 | #241 | 0.54 |
| 1974 | 1,000 | #215 | 0.64 |
| 1973 | 987 | #219 | 0.63 |
| 1972 | 1,171 | #198 | 0.72 |
| 1971 | 1,342 | #190 | 0.76 |
| 1970 | 1,522 | #181 | 0.82 |
| 1969 | 1,647 | #169 | 0.92 |
| 1968 | 1,767 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 1,955 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1966 | 2,171 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1965 | 2,302 | #134 | 1.2 |
| 1964 | 2,258 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1963 | 2,478 | #138 | 1.2 |
| 1962 | 2,788 | #130 | 1.3 |
| 1961 | 2,687 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 2,700 | #132 | 1.3 |
| 1959 | 2,776 | #131 | 1.3 |
| 1958 | 3,074 | #125 | 1.4 |
| 1957 | 3,340 | #118 | 1.5 |
| 1956 | 3,417 | #107 | 1.6 |
| 1955 | 3,411 | #102 | 1.7 |
| 1954 | 3,417 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1953 | 3,372 | #98 | 1.7 |
| 1952 | 3,572 | #96 | 1.8 |
| 1951 | 3,729 | #90 | 2.0 |
| 1950 | 3,641 | #90 | 2.0 |
| 1949 | 3,668 | #90 | 2.1 |
| 1948 | 3,894 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1947 | 4,410 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1946 | 4,161 | #76 | 2.6 |
| 1945 | 3,726 | #65 | 2.8 |
| 1944 | 4,065 | #58 | 3.0 |
| 1943 | 4,522 | #56 | 3.2 |
| 1942 | 4,683 | #53 | 3.4 |
| 1941 | 4,459 | #49 | 3.6 |
| 1940 | 4,576 | #48 | 3.9 |
| 1939 | 4,742 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1938 | 4,953 | #43 | 4.5 |
| 1937 | 4,673 | #43 | 4.4 |
| 1936 | 4,645 | #43 | 4.5 |
| 1935 | 5,043 | #38 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 4,989 | #38 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 4,959 | #37 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 5,268 | #37 | 5.0 |
| 1931 | 5,426 | #36 | 5.2 |
| 1930 | 5,289 | #40 | 4.8 |
| 1929 | 5,157 | #40 | 4.8 |
| 1928 | 5,590 | #39 | 5.0 |
| 1927 | 5,494 | #39 | 4.9 |
| 1926 | 5,282 | #39 | 4.8 |
| 1925 | 4,975 | #41 | 4.5 |
| 1924 | 5,045 | #42 | 4.5 |
| 1923 | 4,706 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1922 | 4,527 | #44 | 4.2 |
| 1921 | 4,479 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1920 | 4,109 | #47 | 3.9 |
| 1919 | 3,809 | #48 | 3.9 |
| 1918 | 3,867 | #49 | 3.8 |
| 1917 | 3,788 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1916 | 3,609 | #48 | 4.1 |
| 1915 | 3,262 | #50 | 3.8 |
| 1914 | 2,335 | #54 | 3.6 |
| 1913 | 1,748 | #57 | 3.4 |
| 1912 | 1,367 | #61 | 3.2 |
| 1911 | 691 | #63 | 3.1 |
| 1910 | 557 | #63 | 2.9 |
| 1909 | 415 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1908 | 374 | #74 | 2.4 |
| 1907 | 362 | #75 | 2.5 |
| 1906 | 324 | #76 | 2.4 |
| 1905 | 350 | #71 | 2.6 |
| 1904 | 305 | #77 | 2.4 |
| 1903 | 238 | #86 | 2.0 |
| 1902 | 256 | #84 | 2.1 |
| 1901 | 238 | #83 | 2.2 |
| 1900 | 316 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1899 | 223 | #83 | 2.1 |
| 1898 | 207 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 1897 | 197 | #91 | 1.7 |
| 1896 | 178 | #104 | 1.5 |
| 1895 | 211 | #91 | 1.8 |
| 1894 | 199 | #96 | 1.7 |
| 1893 | 166 | #106 | 1.5 |
| 1892 | 191 | #98 | 1.6 |
| 1891 | 163 | #100 | 1.6 |
| 1890 | 156 | #108 | 1.4 |
| 1889 | 141 | #112 | 1.3 |
| 1888 | 156 | #108 | 1.3 |
| 1887 | 119 | #113 | 1.2 |
| 1886 | 161 | #97 | 1.5 |
| 1885 | 118 | #116 | 1.1 |
| 1884 | 130 | #113 | 1.1 |
| 1883 | 106 | #120 | 1.0 |
| 1882 | 107 | #131 | 0.94 |
| 1881 | 95 | #125 | 0.94 |
| 1880 | 102 | #133 | 0.92 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Norman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Norman has been given almost only to boys: 1,602 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Norman: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Norman, and how old are they?
87,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 254,762 Americans ever recorded as Norman. The median Norman alive today is 68 years old; half are between 56 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 109,382 people named Norman (446 women and girls, 108,936 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 107,798 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 15,900 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 40,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 18,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,390 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,260 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,110 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Norman born?
The states with the most babies named Norman are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 23% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 22,953 | #1,037 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 17,348 | #989 | 1.0× |
| California | 14,603 | #2,389 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 13,523 | #1,241 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 13,382 | #630 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 12,820 | #992 | 1.0× |
| Massachusetts | 10,470 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Texas | 8,683 | #1,862 | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 7,336 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Missouri | 7,312 | #771 | 1.1× |
Where Norman is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Norman is most over-represented in New Hampshire: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Norman with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 255,025 babies since 1880, Norman is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 169 of their 169 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Norman
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Norman and names like it
- Compare Norman and NormonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sNorman peaked in 1928.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Norman since 1910.
- Old English namesWiktionary’s origin for Norman: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1928The year the most babies were named Norman.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Norman alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.