Norris — #6173 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Norris

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,441 babies named Norris between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norris currently holds the #6173 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 308 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Norris performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,620 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Norris shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,570 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Norris in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Norris 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 16,441 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.