Girls' name · since 1911
Norva
Norva has 365 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 365
- born since 1911
- 1930s
- peak decade
365 girls have been named Norva since 1911, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Norva has 365 recorded births among girls since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1964.
- #14,302 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 365 born since 1911
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norva ranks #14,302 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 365 born since 1911, peaking in the 1930s.
- #14,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 365
- born since 1911
- 1930s
- peak decade
Norva's 365 recorded births place it above 80.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Norva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Norva's full recorded timeline at 1935, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1931 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Norva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1964
- Peak year (1931)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Norva by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (103 births, 28% of the file).
1930s was Norva's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Norva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 34
1910s
34 births
- 1920s
1920s
97 births
- 1930s
1930s
103 births
- 1940s
1940s
75 births
- 1950s 40
1950s
40 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 103 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Norva's decade-level peak was the 1930s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Norva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1911–1964 (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 Norva 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.