Norvell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Norvell

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,158 babies named Norvell between 1905 and 2012, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norvell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Norvell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 117 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Norvell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Norvell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Norvell in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Norvell 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 1,158 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.