Norton
Norton was last recorded in 2020, when 6 babies were given it; 2,310 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Norton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Norton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Norton is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “north” (norþ) and “enclosure; settlement, town” (tūn).
From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
/ˈnɔɹtən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Norton?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,591, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
74 babies in 1928, the peak
Norton peaked in 1928, when 74 boys were given it, #747 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #11,591 | 3.5 |
| 2002 | 6 | #10,289 | 3.1 |
| 2001 | 5 | #11,806 | 2.6 |
| 1997 | 8 | #7,084 | 4.2 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,718 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,874 | 2.6 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,649 | 4.1 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,511 | 4.0 |
| 1983 | 6 | #6,007 | 3.3 |
| 1982 | 6 | #6,173 | 3.3 |
Every recorded year (99)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 8 | #4,830 | 4.5 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,335 | 3.9 |
| 1978 | 5 | #6,488 | 3.0 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,768 | 6.1 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,648 | 4.5 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,500 | 6.4 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,378 | 4.5 |
| 1972 | 5 | #5,526 | 3.1 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,577 | 5.1 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,575 | 3.2 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,809 | 6.2 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,859 | 5.8 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,920 | 5.2 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,926 | 4.8 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,512 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,274 | 6.9 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,627 | 5.3 |
| 1961 | 9 | #3,040 | 4.2 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,283 | 6.6 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,379 | 6.1 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,601 | 5.2 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,599 | 5.1 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,000 | 8.0 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,400 | 5.8 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,091 | 7.4 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,813 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,128 | 7.2 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,586 | 12.2 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,525 | 13.4 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,315 | 17.5 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,548 | 13.1 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,441 | 14.8 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,543 | 13.5 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,370 | 17.8 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,512 | 15.4 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,809 | 11.9 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,114 | 27.5 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,202 | 25.2 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,029 | 34.5 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,066 | 33.4 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,213 | 27.0 |
| 1937 | 51 | #863 | 47.8 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,044 | 36.6 |
| 1935 | 52 | #879 | 49.9 |
| 1934 | 55 | #851 | 53.3 |
| 1933 | 49 | #894 | 49.4 |
| 1932 | 56 | #860 | 53.6 |
| 1931 | 66 | #774 | 63.5 |
| 1930 | 62 | #829 | 56.5 |
| 1929 | 58 | #876 | 53.9 |
| 1928 | 74 | #747 | 66.8 |
| 1927 | 59 | #890 | 52.4 |
| 1926 | 56 | #901 | 50.4 |
| 1925 | 57 | #896 | 51.1 |
| 1924 | 59 | #914 | 52.1 |
| 1923 | 63 | #858 | 57.5 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,055 | 41.4 |
| 1921 | 57 | #936 | 51.8 |
| 1920 | 57 | #920 | 53.6 |
| 1919 | 62 | #838 | 63.3 |
| 1918 | 57 | #885 | 56.2 |
| 1917 | 64 | #791 | 69.2 |
| 1916 | 62 | #787 | 69.7 |
| 1915 | 54 | #840 | 63.6 |
| 1914 | 45 | #792 | 68.7 |
| 1913 | 33 | #847 | 64.4 |
| 1912 | 29 | #829 | 67.5 |
| 1911 | 17 | #811 | 75.2 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,384 | 36.0 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,060 | 54.9 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,323 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 10 | #914 | 68.1 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,084 | 52.6 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,368 | 37.8 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,167 | 46.8 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,094 | 50.3 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,162 | 47.0 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,021 | 53.2 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,015 | 56.5 |
| 1897 | 10 | #711 | 88.7 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,215 | 41.8 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,203 | 42.6 |
| 1893 | 7 | #890 | 62.3 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,077 | 49.4 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,068 | 45.2 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,132 | 41.4 |
| 1885 | 8 | #747 | 74.2 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,079 | 43.7 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,049 | 44.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Norton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Norton has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 99 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Norton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Norton, and how old are they?
An estimated 486 Americans named Norton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 55 and 80. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 938 people named Norton (26 women and girls, 912 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 648 born in the U.S. The Census count is 45% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
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 Norton born?
The states with the most babies named Norton are New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with 80% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 249 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 133 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 76 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 28 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| California | 26 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Massachusetts | 15 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Minnesota | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Kentucky | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Iowa | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Norton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Norton is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.2 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 Norton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Norton
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 Norton and names like it
- Compare Norton and MilfordBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sNorton peaked in 1928.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Norton since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Norton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1928The year the most babies were named Norton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Norton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.