# Norm (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/norm/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 562 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 562 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 33 | 1,380 |
| 1958 | 34 | 1,332 |
| 1959 | 29 | 1,491 |
| 1960 | 29 | 1,513 |
| 1961 | 22 | 1,766 |
| 1962 | 28 | 1,507 |
| 1963 | 17 | 2,019 |
| 1964 | 12 | 2,512 |
| 1965 | 12 | 2,433 |
| 1966 | 14 | 2,186 |
| 1967 | 8 | 3,164 |
| 1968 | 6 | 4,001 |
| 1969 | 6 | 4,272 |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,737 |
| 1971 | 8 | 3,859 |

## People named Norm

- Norm Lewis, American actor
- Norm Maracle, Canadian ice hockey player
- Norm Ullman, Canadian ice hockey player
- Norm Crosby, American comedian (1927-2020)
- Norm Breyfogle, American comics artist (1960-2018)
- Norm Cash, American baseball player
- Norm Van Brocklin, American football player, coach, executive (1926-1983)
- Norm O'Neill, Australian cricketer (1937-2008)
- Norm Hadley, Canadian rugby union player (1964-2016)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.