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Boy's name · #1200 in the US (2025) · Vintage
Norman belongs to an older America first — it reached #36 back in 1931 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1200. About 253,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#891 in Poland (2025) · #1,219 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,374 in Canada (2025) · #2,664 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,765 in France (2025) · #19,795 in Italy (2024) · #3,048 in Austria (2022) · #398 in N. Ireland (2014) · #638 in Scotland (2010) · #514 in Puerto Rico (2005) · #1,110 in Belgium (2002) · #298 in Ireland (1992) and 3 more.
Among 2,652 notable people named Norman:
Scientists & scholars appear 1.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and Nobel Laureate (1914–2009).
Similar names: Bernard · Noble · Howard · Herman · Milton · Darwin
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