Boys' name · since 1923
Norvan
Norvan has 26 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,033 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Norvan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 1923.
Norvan has 26 recorded births among boys since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1936.
- #27,033 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1923
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Norvan ranks #27,033 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1923, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,033 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Norvan's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Norvan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Norvan's SSA record in two at 1927 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1927, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Norvan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1936
- Peak year (1923)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Norvan by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (20 births, 77% of the file).
1920s was Norvan's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Norvan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
20 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 20 births (77% of all-time use).
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- Norvan's decade-level peak was the 1920s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1930s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Norvan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1923–1936 (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 Norvan 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.