How rare is the name Norman?

109,382 people in the United States have the first name Norman, about 1 in 2,761. It ranks #518 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

NORMAN

#518

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
109,382
About
1 in 2,761
This common or more
59.1%
Who bears it

Of the 109,382 people named Norman, 77.2% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Norman peaked in 1928, when 5,637 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1928
Births that year
5,637
In 2025*
169 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 254,762 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Norman by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #77. The largest share of babies named Norman, 34.3%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#2821,235
1890s#2911,902
1900s#2453,199
1910s#11925,184
1920s#9349,765
1930s#7750,291
1940s#13842,357
1950s#23233,928
1960s#30522,932
1970s#48610,000
1980s#7175,901
1990s#1,1983,439
2000s#2,0052,071
2010s#2,5661,590
2020s#2,587968
Before 19011.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2726.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4534.3%
Baby boom 1946–6424.8%
Generation X 1965–808.1%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–121.3%
2013 and later0.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Norman is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Norman has been most common in Maine (3×), Vermont (2.9×), and New Hampshire (2.7×), and least common in Nevada (0.26×).

243,985 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Norman

#516 Eddie · 109,400#517 Cecilia · 109,389#519 Clara · 109,248#520 Grant · 109,200

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Norman, most common first.

#6,532 Normand · 2,448

Also a last name

As a last name, Norman ranks #514 of 156,621, with 63,944 people. See Norman as a last name

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