Norvelle — unisex name
24 babies named Norvelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Norvelle was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Norvelle in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Norvelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Norvelle between 1916 and 1936, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Norvelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Norvelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1928.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Norvelle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Norvelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Norvelle 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 24 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.
Norvelle at a glance
Last recorded 1936Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Norvelle popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1916
- Peak year (1923)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1936.
24 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 8 births in a single year.
Norvelle popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 1928 (Norvelle as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Norvelle accounts for 40% of total recorded use across both genders.
Norvelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 14 births that decade — 58% of Norvelle's all-time total
Norvelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Norvelle's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% 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, 1916–1936 (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.