Norval — boys' name

What the Data Says About Norval

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,377 babies named Norval between 1880 and 1981, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norval currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 84 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Norval performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 639 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Norval shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Norval in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Norval 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 2,377 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.