Norma was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #22 in 1931 but is far less common today.
Norma is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,012 for girl births in the United States (and #3,676 across all names), given to 95 babies. Norma first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1931 (8,759 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | 95 | #2,012 | — |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | #2,580 | — |
| 2023 | 87 | 87 | #2,191 | — |
| 2022 | 89 | 89 | #2,153 | — |
| 2021 | 99 | 99 | #1,977 | — |
| 2020 | 75 | 75 | #2,372 | — |
| 2019 | 74 | 74 | #2,422 | — |
| 2018 | 81 | 81 | #2,267 | — |
| 2017 | 81 | 81 | #2,299 | — |
| 2016 | 87 | 87 | #2,216 | — |
| 2015 | 77 | 77 | #2,399 | — |
| 2014 | 84 | 84 | #2,252 | — |
| 2013 | 86 | 86 | #2,184 | — |
| 2012 | 60 | 60 | #2,895 | — |
| 2011 | 105 | 105 | #1,905 | — |
| 2010 | 117 | 117 | #1,766 | — |
| 2009 | 126 | 126 | #1,740 | — |
| 2008 | 151 | 151 | #1,537 | — |
| 2007 | 151 | 151 | #1,529 | — |
| 2006 | 205 | 205 | #1,187 | — |
| 2005 | 194 | 194 | #1,188 | — |
| 2004 | 210 | 210 | #1,093 | — |
| 2003 | 203 | 203 | #1,090 | — |
| 2002 | 242 | 242 | #928 | — |
| 2001 | 266 | 266 | #859 | — |
| 2000 | 244 | 244 | #900 | — |
| 1999 | 292 | 299 | #760 | — |
| 1998 | 307 | 312 | #720 | — |
| 1997 | 355 | — | #632 | — |
| 1996 | 332 | — | #668 | — |
| 1995 | 456 | — | #528 | — |
| 1994 | 452 | — | #541 | — |
| 1993 | 456 | — | #531 | #9,742 |
| 1992 | 468 | — | #515 | #8,161 |
| 1991 | 514 | — | #480 | #7,963 |
| 1990 | 502 | — | #494 | #6,252 |
| 1989 | 543 | — | #455 | #5,474 |
| 1988 | 457 | — | #501 | #5,577 |
| 1987 | 478 | — | #471 | #3,464 |
| 1986 | 485 | — | #457 | #3,596 |
| 1985 | 510 | — | #439 | #3,741 |
| 1984 | 474 | — | #450 | #3,860 |
| 1983 | 533 | — | #418 | #3,186 |
| 1982 | 688 | — | #350 | #2,573 |
| 1981 | 738 | — | #323 | #4,395 |
| 1980 | 761 | — | #320 | #6,981 |
| 1979 | 782 | — | #310 | #4,717 |
| 1978 | 736 | — | #317 | #2,887 |
| 1977 | 785 | — | #306 | #4,959 |
| 1976 | 940 | — | #258 | #2,789 |
| 1975 | 1,029 | — | #236 | #4,649 |
| 1974 | 1,070 | — | #241 | #4,083 |
| 1973 | 1,055 | — | #242 | #2,973 |
| 1972 | 1,158 | — | #239 | #4,305 |
| 1971 | 1,373 | — | #223 | #2,927 |
| 1970 | 1,452 | — | #218 | #2,265 |
| 1969 | 1,566 | — | #203 | #3,005 |
| 1968 | 1,564 | — | #201 | #2,271 |
| 1967 | 1,837 | — | #173 | #2,920 |
| 1966 | 1,871 | — | #178 | #2,578 |
| 1965 | 2,070 | — | #171 | #1,763 |
| 1964 | 2,437 | — | #157 | #3,215 |
| 1963 | 2,458 | — | #163 | — |
| 1962 | 2,689 | — | #155 | #2,627 |
| 1961 | 2,568 | — | #164 | #1,924 |
| 1960 | 2,576 | — | #162 | #2,283 |
| 1959 | 2,735 | — | #157 | #2,269 |
| 1958 | 2,752 | — | #149 | #2,145 |
| 1957 | 2,993 | — | #141 | #2,962 |
| 1956 | 3,062 | — | #138 | #2,069 |
| 1955 | 2,940 | — | #137 | #4,228 |
| 1954 | 3,121 | — | #128 | #1,872 |
| 1953 | 3,184 | — | #122 | #2,015 |
| 1952 | 3,349 | — | #112 | #3,035 |
| 1951 | 3,365 | — | #107 | #2,613 |
| 1950 | 3,426 | — | #104 | #2,001 |
| 1949 | 3,426 | — | #105 | #2,087 |
| 1948 | 3,606 | — | #103 | #2,191 |
| 1947 | 4,444 | — | #82 | #1,771 |
| 1946 | 4,279 | — | #77 | #2,117 |
| 1945 | 3,616 | — | #74 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 3,877 | — | #66 | #1,951 |
| 1943 | 4,564 | — | #58 | #1,515 |
| 1942 | 4,995 | — | #52 | #1,452 |
| 1941 | 5,044 | — | #47 | #1,437 |
| 1940 | 5,355 | — | #43 | #1,510 |
| 1939 | 5,850 | — | #38 | #1,416 |
| 1938 | 6,404 | — | #34 | #1,087 |
| 1937 | 6,268 | — | #33 | #1,160 |
| 1936 | 6,657 | — | #29 | #1,379 |
| 1935 | 6,904 | — | #29 | #1,118 |
| 1934 | 7,820 | — | #24 | #1,186 |
| 1933 | 7,521 | — | #23 | #1,043 |
| 1932 | 8,450 | — | #22 | #1,000 |
| 1931 | 8,796 | — | #22 | #1,124 |
| 1930 | 8,551 | — | #25 | #1,109 |
| 1929 | 7,932 | — | #25 | #1,124 |
| 1928 | 8,197 | — | #23 | #1,320 |
| 1927 | 8,023 | — | #26 | #1,501 |
| 1926 | 7,554 | — | #29 | #1,454 |
| 1925 | 6,965 | — | #34 | #1,566 |
| 1924 | 6,560 | — | #40 | #1,947 |
| 1923 | 5,904 | — | #41 | #1,850 |
| 1922 | 5,250 | — | #46 | #2,592 |
| 1921 | 5,118 | — | #51 | #2,125 |
| 1920 | 3,958 | — | #69 | #3,138 |
| 1919 | 3,206 | — | #83 | #3,646 |
| 1918 | 2,667 | — | #98 | #2,236 |
| 1917 | 2,133 | — | #108 | #2,665 |
| 1916 | 1,927 | — | #111 | #3,771 |
| 1915 | 1,737 | — | #118 | — |
| 1914 | 1,172 | — | #128 | — |
| 1913 | 878 | — | #139 | — |
| 1912 | 806 | — | #137 | #2,472 |
| 1911 | 531 | — | #153 | — |
| 1910 | 486 | — | #159 | — |
| 1909 | 438 | — | #158 | — |
| 1908 | 436 | — | #157 | #1,323 |
| 1907 | 375 | — | #164 | — |
| 1906 | 332 | — | #165 | — |
| 1905 | 311 | — | #169 | — |
| 1904 | 281 | — | #174 | — |
| 1903 | 311 | — | #158 | — |
| 1902 | 277 | — | #172 | — |
| 1901 | 264 | — | #171 | — |
| 1900 | 316 | — | #174 | — |
| 1899 | 214 | — | #191 | — |
| 1898 | 241 | — | #187 | — |
| 1897 | 200 | — | #195 | — |
| 1896 | 197 | — | #198 | — |
| 1895 | 219 | — | #181 | — |
| 1894 | 174 | — | #202 | — |
| 1893 | 189 | — | #187 | — |
| 1892 | 190 | — | #184 | — |
| 1891 | 127 | — | #209 | — |
| 1890 | 134 | — | #207 | — |
| 1889 | 108 | — | #223 | — |
| 1888 | 101 | — | #230 | — |
| 1887 | 77 | — | #240 | — |
| 1886 | 72 | — | #241 | — |
| 1885 | 51 | — | #277 | — |
| 1884 | 42 | — | #299 | — |
| 1883 | 49 | — | #260 | — |
| 1882 | 32 | — | #315 | — |
| 1881 | 26 | — | #314 | — |
| 1880 | 32 | — | #277 | — |