Names / Boy names
Norman
Current rank
#1,200
holding steady
All-time peak
#36
in 1931
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
254,700
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #36 in 1931 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
: northman. It first appears in American naming data in 1880. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Its strongest year was 1931, at #36 nationally. Over 254,700 have carried it since records began.