Norwood — boys' name

What the Data Says About Norwood

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,909 babies named Norwood between 1883 and 1997, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Norwood currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Norwood performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 695 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Norwood shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 626 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Norwood in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Norwood 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 2,909 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.