Norm Popularity by Year
Follow Norm across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Norm birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Boys | 8 | #3,658 | Down 137 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 8 | #3,521 | Up 414 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 6 | #3,935 | Down 262 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 6 | #3,673 | Down 688 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 8 | #2,985 | Down 853 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 14 | #2,132 | Up 234 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 12 | #2,366 | Up 43 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 12 | #2,409 | Down 452 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 17 | #1,957 | Down 478 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 28 | #1,479 | Up 252 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 22 | #1,731 | Down 245 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 29 | #1,486 | Down 19 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 29 | #1,467 | Down 146 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 34 | #1,321 | Up 43 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 33 | #1,364 | Up 522 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 18 | #1,886 | Down 161 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 20 | #1,725 | Up 591 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 12 | #2,316 | Down 686 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 22 | #1,630 | Up 523 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 13 | #2,153 | Up 509 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 9 | #2,662 | Down 551 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 13 | #2,111 | Down 239 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 16 | #1,872 | Up 736 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 9 | #2,608 | Down 1,183 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 27 | #1,425 | Up 132 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 21 | #1,557 | Up 76 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 17 | #1,633 | Up 105 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 16 | #1,738 | Up 172 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 15 | #1,910 | Up 358 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 11 | #2,268 | Down 447 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 15 | #1,821 | Down 19 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 15 | #1,802 | Up 1,311 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 6 | #3,113 | Down 787 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 10 | #2,326 | Up 821 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 6 | #3,147 | Up 498 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 5 | #3,645 | — |