Norlan

Peak · boys
1943 · 6 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
135
since 1926

Norlan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Norlan has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,231, 1943boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024#8,3129
2023#9,7637
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2021#7,58710
2020#12,0225
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2018#10,7606
2017#10,7756
2016#8,8168
2015#8,7448
2014#8,7818
2013#9,6557
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five boys were named Norlan! It came in at #4,201, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1928–1942, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Norlan is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Norlan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Norlan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,383 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #10,695)
  • 1,327 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #10,695)
  • 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1943 at #3,231 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 174,948
  • Highest: 1 in 174,948 boys born in 2021 were named Norlan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,231 in 1943, was only 1 in 237,883 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 31.9% of all boys named Norlan (43) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#3,780 (1927)#3,991
1930s5#3,645 (1935)#3,645
1940s11#3,231 (1943)#3,482
1950s11#3,364 (1951)#3,581
1960s0——
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1990s5#9,265 (1997)#9,265
2000s12#8,927 (2004)#10,740
2010s43#8,744 (2015)#9,589
2020s37#7,587 (2021)#9,676

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.

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