Norwood
Norwood was last recorded in 1997, when 6 babies were given it; 2,909 Americans have been recorded with it between 1883 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Norwood by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Norwood mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Norwood is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
From north + wood. Doublet of Northwood.
/nɔːwʊd/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Norwood?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,947, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
79 babies in 1921, the peak
Norwood peaked in 1921, when 79 boys were given it, #749 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | #8,947 | 3.2 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,876 | 2.6 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,412 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | 10 | #5,261 | 4.9 |
| 1989 | 5 | #8,855 | 2.5 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,677 | 5.2 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,714 | 3.2 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,374 | 5.4 |
| 1985 | 8 | #5,021 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,848 | 4.4 |
Every recorded year (99)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 9 | #4,386 | 5.0 |
| 1982 | 10 | #4,147 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,981 | 2.8 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,981 | 2.8 |
| 1979 | 7 | #5,206 | 4.1 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,893 | 4.3 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,642 | 3.7 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,415 | 3.8 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,373 | 7.0 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,501 | 6.4 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,379 | 4.5 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,625 | 8.6 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,520 | 8.5 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,471 | 8.1 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,512 | 7.3 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,943 | 10.4 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,102 | 8.6 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,795 | 10.7 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,763 | 11.3 |
| 1964 | 28 | #1,502 | 14.1 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,878 | 9.4 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,611 | 12.1 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,382 | 16.0 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,513 | 13.6 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,579 | 12.2 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,332 | 16.0 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,426 | 14.4 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,432 | 14.2 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,412 | 14.6 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,455 | 13.7 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,150 | 21.3 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,648 | 11.3 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,287 | 17.5 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,058 | 25.1 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,107 | 23.1 |
| 1948 | 53 | #959 | 30.2 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,111 | 23.5 |
| 1946 | 54 | #903 | 33.3 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,156 | 24.5 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,131 | 25.7 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,047 | 29.4 |
| 1942 | 45 | #999 | 32.6 |
| 1941 | 43 | #983 | 35.0 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,089 | 31.9 |
| 1939 | 48 | #902 | 43.4 |
| 1938 | 52 | #867 | 46.9 |
| 1937 | 47 | #919 | 44.1 |
| 1936 | 43 | #945 | 41.5 |
| 1935 | 50 | #901 | 48.0 |
| 1934 | 52 | #875 | 50.4 |
| 1933 | 52 | #862 | 52.4 |
| 1932 | 49 | #936 | 46.9 |
| 1931 | 57 | #838 | 54.8 |
| 1930 | 58 | #870 | 52.9 |
| 1929 | 57 | #884 | 53.0 |
| 1928 | 78 | #730 | 70.4 |
| 1927 | 59 | #891 | 52.4 |
| 1926 | 66 | #818 | 59.4 |
| 1925 | 65 | #828 | 58.2 |
| 1924 | 71 | #806 | 62.7 |
| 1923 | 74 | #767 | 67.5 |
| 1922 | 74 | #774 | 68.0 |
| 1921 | 79 | #749 | 71.7 |
| 1920 | 72 | #787 | 67.6 |
| 1919 | 76 | #735 | 77.5 |
| 1918 | 67 | #801 | 66.1 |
| 1917 | 54 | #869 | 58.3 |
| 1916 | 63 | #778 | 70.8 |
| 1915 | 54 | #841 | 63.6 |
| 1914 | 36 | #927 | 55.0 |
| 1913 | 32 | #867 | 62.4 |
| 1912 | 32 | #777 | 74.4 |
| 1911 | 17 | #812 | 75.2 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,536 | 30.9 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,004 | 61.0 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,324 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 11 | #846 | 74.9 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,085 | 52.6 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,251 | 41.9 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,108 | 48.9 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,022 | 53.2 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,157 | 47.1 |
| 1898 | 9 | #788 | 73.4 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,181 | 44.3 |
| 1895 | 7 | #949 | 59.6 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,200 | 41.0 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,018 | 49.3 |
| 1886 | 7 | #820 | 63.2 |
| 1883 | 5 | #1,004 | 47.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Norwood a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Norwood has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 99 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Norwood: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Norwood, and how old are they?
An estimated 820 Americans named Norwood and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 69 years old and half are between 58 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,015 people named Norwood (21 women and girls, 994 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,037 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Norwood born?
The states with the most babies named Norwood are North Carolina, Louisiana and Pennsylvania, with 82% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 626 | not ranked | 6.9× |
| Louisiana | 129 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 60 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Virginia | 59 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| South Carolina | 54 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Mississippi | 15 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Maryland | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 9 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 7 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Illinois | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Norwood is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Norwood is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 6.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Norwood with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Norwood
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Norwood and names like it
- Compare Norwood and WilbertBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sNorwood peaked in 1921.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Norwood since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Norwood: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Norwood.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Norwood alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with NMost given first.