Norita
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 155 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 799since 1918
Norita over time
Rank among girls' names. Norita has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 |
| 1938 | #1,045 | 47 |
| 1937 | #532 | 155 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 |
| 1935 | #713 | 89 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
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| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Norita! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Norita is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oregon#202 · 1 in 1,204
- Minnesota#248 · 1 in 2,254
- Indiana#269 · 1 in 2,667
- Ohio#272 · 1 in 2,855
- California#344 · 1 in 2,900
Best ever in a state: #200 in Minnesota, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oregon | #202 | 5 | 1 in 1,204 |
| Minnesota | #248 | 9 | 1 in 2,254 |
| Indiana | #269 | 9 | 1 in 2,667 |
| Ohio | #272 | 17 | 1 in 2,855 |
| California | #344 | 14 | 1 in 2,900 |
| Pennsylvania | #346 | 16 | 1 in 4,474 |
| West Virginia | #362 | 5 | 1 in 3,809 |
| Illinois | #395 | 11 | 1 in 4,722 |
| Michigan | #476 | 5 | 1 in 7,974 |
| Texas | #611 | 10 | 1 in 5,587 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Norita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Biggest jump: 2,736 spots in 1935 (#3,449 → #713)
- Biggest drop: 1,028 spots in 1936 (#713 → #1,741)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1937 at #532 (155 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1935–1937
- Highest: 1 in 6,865 girls born in 1937 were named Norita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 44.7% of all girls named Norita (357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 38 | #3,682 (1929) | #4,194 |
| 1930s | 357 | #532 (1937) | #1,785 |
| 1940s | 140 | #1,610 (1941) | #2,683 |
| 1950s | 130 | #2,826 (1956) | #3,264 |
| 1960s | 104 | #2,839 (1961) | #4,587 |
| 1970s | 20 | #6,892 (1977) | #7,117 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,442 (1993) | #13,442 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Norita in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 6,865 of them was named Norita, which outranked 89.2% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.