Norman

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Norman: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Norman: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #62, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#62highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1578
1998	#1485
1999	#2097
2001	#2587
2003	#1962
2006	#4052
2007	#2435
2008	#2507
2009	#2544
2010	#4678
2011	#2892
2012	#4805
2013	#2403
2014	#2964
2015	#1511
2016	#1704
2018	#2112
2019	#3937
2020	#2076
2021	#2125
2022	#2018
2023	#2813
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 27 of the 29 years from 1964 to 1992.

In 2014: #398 among boys in Northern Ireland, #2964 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #63 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1962
Highest recorded position: #62 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1953 (recorded 1952–1962).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Norman appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 343 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Norman across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Norman's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#1337 (1996)	#2443 (2024)	24 of 29	181 (1996–2024)	16 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#134 (1964)	#117 (1968)	#298 (1992)	27 of 29	343 (1964–1992)	31 (1973)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#243 (2001)	#243 (2001)	#398 (2014)	2 of 14	7 (2001–2014)	4 (2001)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#63 (1952)	#62 (1953)	#97 (1962)	11 of 11	930 (1952–1962)	116 (1952)
New Zealand · Boys	#88 (1954)	#80 (1956)	#96 (1957)	4 of 4	221 (1954–1957)	62 (1956)

Norman by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Norman in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	109	6 of 10	18
1970s	171	10 of 10	17
1980s	56	9 of 10	6
1990s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Norman appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #62 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

Norman's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	62	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	62	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New Zealand	male	#96	52	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#80	62	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#93	48	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#88	59	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	14	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	14	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	11	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	13	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	28	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	31	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	13	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	22	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	17	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	25	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	19	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	15	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	18	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #62, first reached in 1953.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 116 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 49 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Nori · #2058, 10y
Norma · #154, 56y
Normann · #216, 17y
Norunn · #137, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Darryl · #58, 66y
Michal · #58, 63y
Yusuf · #67, 63y
Nadine · #68, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Joy · #62, 68y
Anja · #63, 70y
Shona · #63, 69y
Siw · #61, 43y

Norman was ranked #62 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1953. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Norman and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Norman without appearing here.

Norman moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Ada Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2125 and #4789.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #2544 and #4527.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Norman

Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1962 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #1168.
Hunter Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1962 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #1643.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1461.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Norman

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Norman went from #1337 to #2443 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Norman went from #1337 to #2443 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Norman went from #1337 to #2443 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Norman went from #1337 to #2443 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Norman

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Norman went from #1337 to #2443 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Norman went from #1337 to #2443 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Norman went from #1337 to #2443 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Norman went from #1337 to #2443 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #62 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Norman

Norman at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Norman across 5 official records

Norman by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Norman appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Norman and the names beside it

Norman moved ahead of

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Norman at a glance

Norman across 5 official records

Norman by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Norman appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Norman

Norman and the names beside it

Norman moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Norman

Moved the opposite way to Norman

Moved the same way as Norman