NameTides

Norman

Norman was the #1,196 boys' name in the US in 2025 (169 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Norman as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Norman as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Norman as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, 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. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,196 (169)#2,664 (8)———#1,374 (17)—
2024#1,308 (149)#2,444 (9)———#1,353 (16)—
2023#1,360 (138)#2,814 (7)———#947 (25)—
2022#1,191 (168)#2,019 (11)———#944 (25)—
2021#1,165 (170)#2,125 (10)———#1,406 (14)—
2020#1,127 (174)#2,076 (10)———#1,176 (18)—
2019#1,193 (160)#3,937 (4)———#1,101 (19)—
2018#1,202 (156)#2,112 (10)———#858 (27)—
2017#1,116 (172)————#1,194 (17)—
2016#1,077 (183)#1,704 (14)———#1,198 (17)—
2015#1,231 (148)#1,511 (16)———#923 (24)—
2014#1,097 (174)#2,964 (6)—#398 (3)—#1,200 (16)—
2013#1,135 (160)#2,403 (8)———#1,312 (14)—
2012#1,145 (160)#4,805 (3)———#1,202 (16)—
2011#1,309 (130)#2,892 (6)———#1,467 (12)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1931 at #36.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Norman is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Norman by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: 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: #640MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #601MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: 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: #1,144NCSouth 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: #1,760TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Norman (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Norman (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
NormanCanadaBoys#1,37417
NormanEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
NormanIrelandBoys—too few
NormanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
NormanNSWBoys—too few
NormanScotlandBoys—too few
NormanUSGirls—too few
NormanUSBoys#1,196169