Norton
Norton is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 711th, in 1897.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192874 births
- Best rank
- #711in 1897
- Since 1882
- 2,310people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,310 boys have been named Norton in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 74 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 74 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1930, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Norton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | |
| 1890s | 38 | |
| 1900s | 62 | |
| 1910s | 430 | |
| 1920s | 585 | |
| 1930s | 496 | |
| 1940s | 274 | |
| 1950s | 159 | |
| 1960s | 99 | |
| 1970s | 59 | |
| 1980s | 27 | |
| 1990s | 36 | |
| 2000s | 11 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Norton was the 747th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Norton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Milfordpeak 1921
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Elwoodpeak 1921
- Hubertpeak 1924
- Elwinpeak 1923
- Loydpeak 1926
- Merrillpeak 1926
- Olenpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.