Norval
Last seen for boys in 1981 at #4,153
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,377since 1880
Norval over time
Rank among boys' names. Norval 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
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| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1946 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,089 | 39 |
| 1941 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #967 | 44 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1937 | #942 | 44 |
| 1936 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | #923 | 47 |
| 1934 | #956 | 44 |
| 1933 | #843 | 54 |
| 1932 | #868 | 54 |
| 1931 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #824 | 62 |
| 1929 | #826 | 62 |
| 1928 | #854 | 60 |
| 1927 | #866 | 61 |
| 1926 | #793 | 68 |
| 1925 | #776 | 72 |
| 1924 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | #882 | 61 |
| 1921 | #856 | 65 |
| 1920 | #877 | 61 |
| 1919 | #867 | 58 |
| 1918 | #679 | 84 |
| 1917 | #706 | 74 |
| 1916 | #708 | 71 |
| 1915 | #767 | 61 |
| 1914 | #884 | 38 |
| 1913 | #789 | 36 |
| 1912 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Norval was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Norval is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#312 · 1 in 4,770
- Missouri#339 · 1 in 4,527
Best ever in a state: #179 in Nebraska, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #312 | 5 | 1 in 4,770 |
| Missouri | #339 | 6 | 1 in 4,527 |
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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 Norval
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 633 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #712)
- Biggest drop: 636 spots in 1907 (#709 → #1,345)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #631 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1911–1935
- Highest: 1 in 11,024 boys born in 1908 were named Norval (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 199,020 boys born in 1981 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #631 in 1887, was only 1 in 11,268 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.9% of all boys named Norval (639) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | #631 (1887) | #863 |
| 1890s | 31 | #730 (1894) | #822 |
| 1900s | 87 | #709 (1906) | #934 |
| 1910s | 470 | #679 (1918) | #835 |
| 1920s | 639 | #776 (1925) | #842 |
| 1930s | 456 | #824 (1930) | #962 |
| 1940s | 320 | #967 (1940) | #1,252 |
| 1950s | 191 | #1,436 (1957) | #1,878 |
| 1960s | 96 | #2,035 (1962) | #2,647 |
| 1970s | 48 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,289 |
| 1980s | 15 | #4,153 (1981) | #4,839 |
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.
Norval in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 21,218 of them was named Norval, which outranked 78.7% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).