Norva — girls' name
365 babies named Norva in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Norva was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Norva in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Norva
The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Norva between 1911 and 1964, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Norva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Norva performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Norva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Norva 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 365 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.
Norva at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Norva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1911
- Peak year (1931)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
365 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 23 births in a single year.
Norva by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 103 births that decade — 28% of Norva's all-time total
Norva decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Norva's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.