How Many People Are Named Norman?
people named Norman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,788 people in the US has this name
Based on 254,762 babies named Norman in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,637 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an old Germanic byname meaning "northman", referring to a Viking. The Normans were Vikings who settled on the coast of France, in the region that became known as Normandy. In England the name Norman or Normant was used before the Norman conquest, first as a nickname for Scandinavian settlers and later as a given name. After the Conquest it became more common, but died out around the 14th century. It was revived in the 19th century, perhaps in part due to a character by this name in C. M. Yonge's novel 'The Daisy Chain' (1856).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Norman, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Norman alive today is about 64 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Norman first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1928, to 5,637 babies. In 2025, 169 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Norman never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #36, in 1931, and it was in the top 100 in 63 years between 1886 and 1954. In 2025 it ranked #1,200.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,200 |
| Best rank | #36 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | 63 (1886 to 1954) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #40 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Norman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Norman were born in California than in any other state: about 7,209 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Norman was given 2.8 times as often in New Hampshire, 2.4 times in Maine and 2.3 times in Vermont.
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