Normand — boys' name
5,831 babies named Normand in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Normand was born in this single decade.
223 babies were named Normand in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Normand
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,831 babies named Normand between 1911 and 2001, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Normand currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 223 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Normand performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 1,549 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Normand shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 1,831 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Rhode Island and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Normand in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Normand 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 5,831 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.
Normand at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Normand popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1911
- Peak year (1929)
- 223
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
5,831 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 223 births in a single year.
Normand by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 1,549 births that decade — 27% of Normand's all-time total
Normand decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,549 births
- Runner-up 1,514 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Normand's strongest decade
1,549 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Normand by state
Where Normand concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 1,831 | 31.4% |
| #2 | Rhode Island | | 1,174 | 20.1% |
| #3 | Maine | | 933 | 16.0% |
| #4 | New Hampshire | | 652 | 11.2% |
| #5 | Connecticut | | 194 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Vermont | | 30 | 0.5% |
| #7 | California | | 5 | 0.1% |
1,831 of 5,831 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 31.4% of nationwide
- Rhode Island 20.1% of nationwide
- Maine 16.0% of nationwide
- New Hampshire 11.2% of nationwide
- Connecticut 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 31.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1911–2001 (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.