NameTides

Norma

Norma was the #2,002 girls' name in the US in 2025 (95 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #3,478 in Canada.

Norma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Norma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Norma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,002 (95)#5,927 (3)——#3,478 (5)
2024#2,559 (69)————
2023#2,176 (87)#4,710 (4)———
2022#2,142 (89)————
2021#1,971 (99)#3,961 (5)———
2020#2,341 (75)#3,899 (5)———
2019#2,400 (74)#4,686 (4)———
2018#2,254 (81)#5,666 (3)———
2017#2,283 (81)#5,765 (3)———
2016#2,206 (87)————
2015#2,382 (77)————
2014#2,236 (84)————
2013#2,173 (86)————
2012#2,866 (60)————
2011#1,898 (105)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1931 at #22.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Norma is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Norma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Norma (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NormaCanadaGirls#3,4785
NormaEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
NormaIrelandGirls—too few
NormaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
NormaScotlandGirls—too few
NormaUSGirls#2,00295
NormaUSBoys—too few