Norma

Boy · recorded 1908–1993

  • 1993last recorded
  • 1932best year

Most popular in 1932.

Last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Norma.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1908

0214219081929195119721993

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 79 recorded years as a table
Norma, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190839
191214
19167
191711
191814
19197
19208
192115
192211
192317
192416
192522
192623
192723
192828
192936
193036
193136
193242
193339
193431
193534
193623
193731
193832
193921
194018
194119
194217
194315
194410
194510
19468
194710
19487
19498
19508
19515
19524
19538
19549
19552
19568
19574
19587
19597
19607
19619
19625
19644
196511
19666
19675
19688
19696
19709
19717
19724
19738
19745
19754
197610
19774
19789
19795
19803
19815
198210
19838
19846
19856
19867
19877
19884
19894
19904
19913
19923
19933

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Norma isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1993
5
Rank in 1993
#8,700
How rare
1 in 392,265 boys
Since 1908
1,278

Norma was last recorded in 1993. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1932, at 42 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Norma doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.