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Norma

girl name
Origin
Latin
Syllables
2
Peak era
1900s/1930s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

rule, pattern

Immortalized by Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950).

How popular is Norma around the world?

In the United States, 514 babies were named Norma between 2020 and 2025. At the 2022 census, 38,125 people in Brazil were named Norma, the 693rd most common name, with a median age of 61.

Norma is on the official records of the United States, Brazil, Mexico City, Argentina, Spain, Montevideo, Chile, Austria, France and England and Wales.

United States

1 in 42,000

In the United States, 514 babies were named Norma between 2020 and 2025.

peak 1900s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Norma peaked in the 1900s and the 1930s in nearly equal measure. Norma went to 73,221 US babies in the 1930s, its high point before 1940, and to 1,366 across the 2010s and 2020s together.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Brazil

1 in 5,300

At the 2022 census, 38,125 people in Brazil were named Norma, the 693rd most common name, with a median age of 61.
Among people named Norma living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1960s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 35 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Mexico City City

1 in 15,000

In Mexico City, there were 8 registrations of Norma in 2022.

peak 20002022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Argentina

1 in 21,000

In Argentina, 32 newborns were given the name Norma in 2024.

peak 20142024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 21,000

In Spain, 2,131 residents are named Norma, the 888th most common name among women, with a mean age of 50.2 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Montevideo City

1 in 25,000 · 2011

In Montevideo, 1 girl named Norma was born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

peak 19462011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Chile

1 in 59,000

In Chile, 3 girls were registered as Norma in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

peak 19372021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 girl named Norma was born in 2025, ranked 1,875th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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France

1 in 130,000

In France, about 5 girls named Norma were born in 2025, ranked 4,149th among girls that year.

peak 19282025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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England and Wales

1 in 200,000

In England and Wales, 3 girls named Norma were born in 2025, ranked 5,927th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

last on record 2010

Norma is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

last on record 2001

Norma is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

peak 19692025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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New Zealand

last on record 1962

Norma is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19262025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Norway

last on record 1974

Norma is not on the 2025 record for Norway, where names carried by fewer than 4 people in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 1999

Norma is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 12 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Scotland

last on record 1985

Norma is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.

peak 19742024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

last on record 2003

Norma is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.

peak 19472017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Poland: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

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When you meet Norma

Most people given the name Norma in the United States were born between 1940 and 1979. The Norma you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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