Norbert
Last seen for girls in 1929 at #4,053 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #6,199
Given to boys >99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1922 · 628 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,379since 1885
Norbert over time
Rank among boys' names. Norbert has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,974 | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,601 | 19 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,923 | 24 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,697 | 26 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,599 | 27 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,683 | 25 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,255 | 31 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,245 | 30 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,760 | 37 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,725 | 36 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,071 | 27 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,556 | 39 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,563 | 39 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,602 | 37 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,357 | 48 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,598 | 36 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,326 | 47 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,431 | 41 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,191 | 50 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,151 | 51 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,108 | 54 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,163 | 49 | |
| 1971 | — | #933 | 76 | |
| 1970 | — | #895 | 81 | |
| 1969 | — | #827 | 87 | |
| 1968 | — | #898 | 64 | |
| 1967 | — | #742 | 98 | |
| 1966 | — | #722 | 106 | |
| 1965 | — | #705 | 111 | |
| 1964 | — | #679 | 129 | |
| 1963 | — | #652 | 145 | |
| 1962 | — | #669 | 135 | |
| 1961 | — | #636 | 152 | |
| 1960 | — | #579 | 181 | |
| 1959 | — | #599 | 170 | |
| 1958 | — | #600 | 167 | |
| 1957 | — | #584 | 173 | |
| 1956 | — | #583 | 170 | |
| 1955 | — | #532 | 190 | |
| 1954 | — | #509 | 203 | |
| 1953 | — | #473 | 217 | |
| 1952 | — | #497 | 201 | |
| 1951 | — | #464 | 215 | |
| 1950 | — | #452 | 213 | |
| 1949 | — | #444 | 227 | |
| 1948 | — | #460 | 209 | |
| 1947 | — | #427 | 255 | |
| 1946 | — | #414 | 236 | |
| 1945 | — | #427 | 196 | |
| 1944 | — | #385 | 243 | |
| 1943 | — | #372 | 271 | |
| 1942 | — | #345 | 308 | |
| 1941 | — | #358 | 265 | |
| 1940 | — | #338 | 287 | |
| 1939 | — | #308 | 330 | |
| 1938 | — | #299 | 335 | |
| 1937 | — | #294 | 333 | |
| 1936 | — | #280 | 368 | |
| 1935 | — | #272 | 400 | |
| 1934 | — | #266 | 421 | |
| 1933 | — | #256 | 425 | |
| 1932 | — | #246 | 470 | |
| 1931 | — | #236 | 501 | |
| 1930 | — | #228 | 559 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #219 | 584 |
| 1928 | — | #219 | 599 | |
| 1927 | — | #223 | 603 | |
| 1926 | — | #230 | 581 | |
| 1925 | — | #221 | 609 | |
| 1924 | — | #212 | 635 | |
| 1923 | — | #214 | 602 | |
| 1922 | — | #206 | 628 | |
| 1921 | — | #230 | 577 | |
| 1920 | — | #244 | 515 | |
| 1919 | — | #250 | 449 | |
| 1918 | — | #241 | 484 | |
| 1917 | — | #233 | 466 | |
| 1916 | — | #242 | 436 | |
| 1915 | — | #265 | 332 | |
| 1914 | — | #253 | 288 | |
| 1913 | — | #269 | 204 | |
| 1912 | — | #338 | 126 | |
| 1911 | — | #379 | 55 | |
| 1910 | — | #440 | 39 | |
| 1909 | — | #408 | 36 | |
| 1908 | — | #429 | 31 | |
| 1907 | — | #439 | 28 | |
| 1906 | — | #443 | 25 | |
| 1905 | — | #393 | 29 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #440 | 22 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #518 | 21 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #495 | 16 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #476 | 18 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Norbert! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Norbert is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Rhode Island#74 · 1 in 539
- Wisconsin#81 · 1 in 414
- Minnesota#146 · 1 in 1,059
- Illinois#154 · 1 in 1,229
- Ohio#184 · 1 in 2,174
Best ever in a state: #51 in Wisconsin, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #74 | 8 | 1 in 539 |
| Wisconsin | #81 | 58 | 1 in 414 |
| Minnesota | #146 | 20 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Illinois | #154 | 44 | 1 in 1,229 |
| Ohio | #184 | 23 | 1 in 2,174 |
| Nebraska | #195 | 7 | 1 in 1,393 |
| Pennsylvania | #199 | 28 | 1 in 2,629 |
| Indiana | #203 | 12 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Iowa | #220 | 9 | 1 in 2,150 |
| Michigan | #220 | 16 | 1 in 2,612 |
| New York | #228 | 27 | 1 in 3,173 |
| New Jersey | #233 | 6 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Kentucky | #305 | 8 | 1 in 3,214 |
| Louisiana | #316 | 8 | 1 in 2,522 |
| Missouri | #322 | 6 | 1 in 4,430 |
| California | #464 | 6 | 1 in 7,191 |
| Texas | #688 | 7 | 1 in 8,115 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Norbert
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 219 spots in 1905 (#612 → #393)
- Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1972 (#933 → #1,163)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1922 at #206 (628 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1885–1971
- Highest: 1 in 1,733 boys born in 1922 were named Norbert (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,063 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 29.1% of all boys named Norbert (5,933) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | #704 (1888) | #788 |
| 1890s | 133 | #418 (1898) | #573 |
| 1900s | 234 | #393 (1905) | #481 |
| 1910s | 2,879 | #233 (1917) | #291 |
| 1920s | 5,933 | #206 (1922) | #222 |
| 1930s | 4,142 | #228 (1930) | #269 |
| 1940s | 2,497 | #338 (1940) | #397 |
| 1950s | 1,919 | #452 (1950) | #529 |
| 1960s | 1,208 | #579 (1960) | #711 |
| 1970s | 519 | #895 (1970) | #1,237 |
| 1980s | 348 | #1,357 (1980) | #1,804 |
| 1990s | 231 | #2,255 (1990) | #3,119 |
| 2000s | 157 | #3,974 (2001) | #5,276 |
| 2010s | 93 | #5,340 (2019) | #8,413 |
| 2020s | 51 | #6,032 (2021) | #8,072 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Norbert in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 3,203 of them was named Norbert, which outranked 92.7% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).