How Many People Are Named Norton?
people named Norton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 676,801 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,310 babies named Norton in Social Security records from 1882 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
74 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "north town" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Norton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Norton alive today is about 66 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Norton first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1928, to 74 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Norton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #711, in 1897.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #711 (1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #894 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Norton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Norton were born in New York than in any other state: about 14 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Norton was given 4.7 times as often in New York, 4.2 times in Illinois and 1.6 times in Pennsylvania.
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