Norton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Norton

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,310 babies named Norton between 1882 and 2020, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Norton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 585 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Norton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 249 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Norton in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Norton 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 2,310 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.