How Many People Are Named Norwood?
people named Norwood are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 403,048 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,909 babies named Norwood in Social Security records from 1883 to 1997, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
79 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "north wood" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Norwood in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Norwood alive today is about 67 years old, and 72% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Norwood first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1921, to 79 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1997.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 1997
🏆 Rank History
Norwood has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #730, in 1928.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #730 (1928) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #798 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Norwood alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Norwood were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 154 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Norwood was given 19.7 times as often in North Carolina, 6.7 times in Louisiana and 3 times in South Carolina.
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