Norton
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,310since 1882
Norton over time
Rank among boys' names. Norton has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,297 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1946 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,110 | 38 |
| 1941 | #1,187 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1939 | #1,052 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,199 | 30 |
| 1937 | #858 | 51 |
| 1936 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | #872 | 52 |
| 1934 | #845 | 55 |
| 1933 | #885 | 49 |
| 1932 | #852 | 56 |
| 1931 | #768 | 66 |
| 1930 | #824 | 62 |
| 1929 | #869 | 58 |
| 1928 | #743 | 74 |
| 1927 | #884 | 59 |
| 1926 | #894 | 56 |
| 1925 | #890 | 57 |
| 1924 | #907 | 59 |
| 1923 | #853 | 63 |
| 1922 | #1,046 | 45 |
| 1921 | #931 | 57 |
| 1920 | #911 | 57 |
| 1919 | #832 | 62 |
| 1918 | #882 | 57 |
| 1917 | #784 | 64 |
| 1916 | #781 | 62 |
| 1915 | #832 | 54 |
| 1914 | #788 | 45 |
| 1913 | #835 | 33 |
| 1912 | #816 | 29 |
| 1911 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Norton! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Norton is popular in 1933
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#442 · 1 in 11,517
- New York#484 · 1 in 11,925
Best ever in a state: #268 in Iowa, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #442 | 6 | 1 in 11,517 |
| New York | #484 | 7 | 1 in 11,925 |
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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 Norton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 521 spots in 1911 (#1,314 → #793)
- Biggest drop: 351 spots in 1908 (#866 → #1,217)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1897 at #681 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1923–1935
- Highest: 1 in 11,276 boys born in 1897 were named Norton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,679 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 25.3% of all boys named Norton (585) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #700 (1885) | #924 |
| 1890s | 38 | #681 (1897) | #931 |
| 1900s | 62 | #866 (1907) | #1,049 |
| 1910s | 430 | #781 (1916) | #866 |
| 1920s | 585 | #743 (1928) | #893 |
| 1930s | 496 | #768 (1931) | #918 |
| 1940s | 274 | #1,019 (1940) | #1,366 |
| 1950s | 159 | #1,499 (1950) | #2,048 |
| 1960s | 99 | #2,200 (1963) | #2,576 |
| 1970s | 59 | #3,318 (1974) | #4,206 |
| 1980s | 27 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,138 |
| 1990s | 36 | #6,128 (1992) | #6,996 |
| 2000s | 11 | #9,392 (2002) | #9,974 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,605 (2020) | #10,605 |
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.
Norton in 1933
Top boys' names in 1933
More about 1933
boys
991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 20,235 of them was named Norton, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).