Girls' name · since 1926
Norna
Norna has 16 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1953 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #49,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1926
- 1950s
- peak decade
Norna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1926.
Social Security Administration records show Norna recorded 16 times among girls since 1926, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1953.
- #49,076 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1926
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norna ranks #49,076 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1926, peaking in the 1950s.
- #49,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1926
- 1950s
- peak decade
Norna's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Norna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Norna splits its recorded history at 1933: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1926 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Norna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1953
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Norna by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1950s was Norna's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Norna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Norna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 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, 1926–1953 (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 Norna 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.