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Norma

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~116,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,002 among girls
Births in 2025
95 279,349 since 1880
Typical age
72 years, median

Norma popularity over time

Norma rank by birth year, 1880–2025Norma ranked #275 in 1880 and #2,002 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #22, in 1931.#100#1,000#2,002best #22 in 193118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Norma in 1931 than in any other year — 8,796 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 30 years put Norma in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #2,002, on 95 births. Over ten years the count has risen 23%. Year on year the rank improved by 557.

Babies named Norma per yearPeaks at 8,796 births in 1931.8,796 in 1931018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Norma?

An estimated 116,500 living Americans are called Norma. That is out of 279,349 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Norma?

Half of living Normas are older than 72, half younger. More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Norma a mid-century name.

Your Norma

Ages of living people named NormaHalf of living Normas are older than 72 and half younger.median 72020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Norma is most common

Norma is 1.9× as common in Texas as it is nationally.

Where Norma is used more than average1 states use the name Norma more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.9× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Norma is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Texas 155 1.9×

Norma in England and Wales

ONS recorded 3 births named Norma in 2025, ranking it #5,927. That is 40% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Norma comes from

Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Norma

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Norma Shearer Canadian-American actress 1902–1983 67
Norma Aleandro Argentine actress 1936 37
Norma Talmadge American actress and film producer 1894–1957 33
Norma Cappagli Argentine Miss World 1960 1939–2020 24
Norma Cruz Guatemalan human rights activist 1962 24
Norma Croker Australian sprinter 1934–2019 23
Norma McCorvey plaintiff in Roe v. Wade 1947–2017 23
Norma Nolan Argentine model 1938–2025 22
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 531 in 1911 to 806 in 1912 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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