Norris
Norris was given to 15 boys in 2025, #6,060 among boys’ names; 16,979 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,250 Americans named Norris and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 46 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Norris by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Norris mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Norris is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “a northerner, a migrant from the north” (norreis).
An Anglo-Norman surname, from Old French norreis (“a northerner, a migrant from the north”).
/ˈnɔɹɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Norris?
#6,060 among boys’ names, 2025
Norris fell from #4,658 in 2015 to #6,060 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.0 to 8.8 per million.
323 babies in 1924, the peak
Norris peaked in 1924, when 323 babies were given it (308 boys, #330 among boys’ names). The 15 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #6,060 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,383 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,596 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,960 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,276 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,981 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,964 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,310 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,357 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,480 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 21 | #4,658 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,196 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,329 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,093 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,463 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 25 | #4,074 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,477 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,107 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,426 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,632 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,901 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,864 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,167 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,313 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,462 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,783 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,593 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,142 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,117 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,004 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,007 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 52 | #1,722 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,501 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,613 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,537 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,343 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 71 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 77 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 85 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 81 | #1,008 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 88 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 92 | #899 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 86 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 76 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 91 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 92 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 96 | #807 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 94 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 136 | #710 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 111 | #781 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 124 | #705 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 122 | #683 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 129 | #657 | 0.07 |
| 1966 | 116 | #690 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 154 | #618 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 159 | #620 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 188 | #576 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 221 | #536 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 251 | #501 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 246 | #507 | 0.12 |
| 1959 | 235 | #512 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 227 | #513 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 268 | #476 | 0.12 |
| 1956 | 283 | #449 | 0.13 |
| 1955 | 288 | #431 | 0.14 |
| 1954 | 244 | #465 | 0.12 |
| 1953 | 291 | #412 | 0.15 |
| 1952 | 286 | #406 | 0.15 |
| 1951 | 254 | #426 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 244 | #427 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 239 | #433 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 233 | #438 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 251 | #430 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 241 | #410 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 215 | #411 | 0.16 |
| 1944 | 208 | #421 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 241 | #394 | 0.17 |
| 1942 | 225 | #408 | 0.16 |
| 1941 | 219 | #389 | 0.18 |
| 1940 | 205 | #401 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 202 | #402 | 0.18 |
| 1938 | 252 | #350 | 0.23 |
| 1937 | 232 | #353 | 0.22 |
| 1936 | 248 | #347 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 266 | #335 | 0.26 |
| 1934 | 240 | #354 | 0.23 |
| 1933 | 251 | #336 | 0.25 |
| 1932 | 256 | #346 | 0.25 |
| 1931 | 264 | #334 | 0.25 |
| 1930 | 228 | #377 | 0.21 |
| 1929 | 230 | #381 | 0.21 |
| 1928 | 234 | #385 | 0.21 |
| 1927 | 260 | #364 | 0.23 |
| 1926 | 230 | #388 | 0.21 |
| 1925 | 281 | #351 | 0.25 |
| 1924 | 308 | #330 | 0.27 |
| 1923 | 267 | #364 | 0.24 |
| 1922 | 260 | #375 | 0.24 |
| 1921 | 290 | #350 | 0.26 |
| 1920 | 228 | #394 | 0.21 |
| 1919 | 200 | #413 | 0.20 |
| 1918 | 226 | #396 | 0.22 |
| 1917 | 183 | #418 | 0.20 |
| 1916 | 203 | #389 | 0.23 |
| 1915 | 184 | #397 | 0.22 |
| 1914 | 150 | #388 | 0.23 |
| 1913 | 119 | #392 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 104 | #379 | 0.24 |
| 1911 | 47 | #423 | 0.21 |
| 1910 | 48 | #373 | 0.25 |
| 1909 | 40 | #381 | 0.24 |
| 1908 | 39 | #371 | 0.25 |
| 1907 | 28 | #443 | 0.19 |
| 1906 | 26 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 12 | #730 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 25 | #426 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 14 | #610 | 0.12 |
| 1902 | 14 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 17 | #484 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 18 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 15 | #515 | 0.14 |
| 1898 | 14 | #594 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 19 | #450 | 0.17 |
| 1896 | 13 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 14 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 13 | #587 | 0.11 |
| 1893 | 15 | #498 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 14 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 13 | #518 | 0.13 |
| 1890 | 16 | #477 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 12 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 14 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 8 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 9 | #679 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 12 | #570 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 18 | #444 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 11 | #581 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 10 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1881 | 14 | #480 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 12 | #554 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Norris a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 16,979 Americans recorded as Norris, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 15 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Norris: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Norris, and how old are they?
7,250 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 16,979 Americans ever recorded as Norris. The median Norris alive today is 64 years old; half are between 46 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 7,581 people named Norris (279 women and girls, 7,302 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,405 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 849 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,140 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,490 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,010 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 466 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 284 |
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 Norris born?
The states with the most babies named Norris are Texas, Louisiana and Georgia, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,570 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Louisiana | 1,158 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Georgia | 1,057 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| North Carolina | 843 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Mississippi | 556 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Alabama | 494 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Virginia | 479 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| New York | 464 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| California | 454 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 452 | not ranked | 1.3× |
Where Norris is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Norris is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 Norris 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 17,105 babies since 1880, Norris is the most given (99% of them).
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 Norris
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 Norris and names like it
- Compare Norris and NorisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sNorris peaked in 1924.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Norris since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Norris: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Norris.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Norris alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.