Norma
- Gender
- Girl
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,002 for girls
Norma is a girls' name, meaning “pattern, model”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,002nd for girls in the US (95 babies).
What does Norma mean?
“pattern, model”
A female given name originating as a coinage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Norma a girl's or a boy's name?
Norma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 95 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Norma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Norma, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#41) and 1944 (#56).
Norma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Norma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,002among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were named Norma, making it the 2,002nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 1931, with 8,759 girls.
Half of all the girls named Norma in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1951, the years shaded on the chart below.
Norma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #2,002 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 87 | #2,176 |
| 2022 | 89 | #2,142 |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,971 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,400 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 81 | #2,283 |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 86 | #2,173 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,762 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,733 |
| 2008 | 151 | #1,531 |
| 2007 | 151 | #1,526 |
| 2006 | 205 | #1,184 |
| 2005 | 194 | #1,185 |
| 2004 | 210 | #1,090 |
| 2003 | 203 | #1,083 |
| 2002 | 242 | #923 |
| 2001 | 266 | #855 |
| 2000 | 244 | #898 |
| 1999 | 292 | #757 |
| 1998 | 307 | #720 |
| 1997 | 355 | #630 |
| 1996 | 332 | #668 |
| 1995 | 456 | #527 |
| 1994 | 452 | #541 |
| 1993 | 451 | #531 |
| 1992 | 462 | #514 |
| 1991 | 508 | #480 |
| 1990 | 494 | #493 |
| 1989 | 534 | #454 |
| 1988 | 449 | #500 |
| 1987 | 464 | #470 |
| 1986 | 472 | #456 |
| 1985 | 498 | #439 |
| 1984 | 463 | #450 |
| 1983 | 519 | #418 |
| 1982 | 669 | #350 |
| 1981 | 729 | #323 |
| 1980 | 756 | #320 |
| 1979 | 774 | #310 |
| 1978 | 721 | #317 |
| 1977 | 778 | #306 |
| 1976 | 925 | #258 |
| 1975 | 1,022 | #236 |
| 1974 | 1,062 | #240 |
| 1973 | 1,043 | #242 |
| 1972 | 1,151 | #239 |
| 1971 | 1,361 | #223 |
| 1970 | 1,435 | #218 |
| 1969 | 1,556 | #203 |
| 1968 | 1,550 | #201 |
| 1967 | 1,828 | #173 |
| 1966 | 1,860 | #178 |
| 1965 | 2,049 | #171 |
| 1964 | 2,429 | #157 |
| 1963 | 2,458 | #163 |
| 1962 | 2,678 | #154 |
| 1961 | 2,549 | #164 |
| 1960 | 2,562 | #162 |
| 1959 | 2,721 | #157 |
| 1958 | 2,737 | #149 |
| 1957 | 2,984 | #141 |
| 1956 | 3,046 | #138 |
| 1955 | 2,935 | #137 |
| 1954 | 3,103 | #128 |
| 1953 | 3,168 | #122 |
| 1952 | 3,341 | #112 |
| 1951 | 3,355 | #107 |
| 1950 | 3,411 | #104 |
| 1949 | 3,412 | #105 |
| 1948 | 3,593 | #103 |
| 1947 | 4,425 | #82 |
| 1946 | 4,266 | #77 |
| 1945 | 3,603 | #74 |
| 1944 | 3,863 | #66 |
| 1943 | 4,542 | #58 |
| 1942 | 4,971 | #52 |
| 1941 | 5,021 | #47 |
| 1940 | 5,334 | #43 |
| 1939 | 5,827 | #38 |
| 1938 | 6,368 | #34 |
| 1937 | 6,235 | #33 |
| 1936 | 6,633 | #29 |
| 1935 | 6,869 | #29 |
| 1934 | 7,788 | #24 |
| 1933 | 7,482 | #23 |
| 1932 | 8,406 | #22 |
| 1931 | 8,759 | #22 |
| 1930 | 8,511 | #25 |
| 1929 | 7,893 | #25 |
| 1928 | 8,166 | #23 |
| 1927 | 7,997 | #26 |
| 1926 | 7,528 | #29 |
| 1925 | 6,941 | #34 |
| 1924 | 6,542 | #40 |
| 1923 | 5,885 | #41 |
| 1922 | 5,238 | #46 |
| 1921 | 5,102 | #51 |
| 1920 | 3,949 | #69 |
| 1919 | 3,199 | #83 |
| 1918 | 2,653 | #98 |
| 1917 | 2,123 | #108 |
| 1916 | 1,921 | #111 |
| 1915 | 1,737 | #118 |
| 1914 | 1,172 | #128 |
| 1913 | 878 | #139 |
| 1912 | 800 | #137 |
| 1911 | 531 | #152 |
| 1910 | 486 | #159 |
| 1909 | 438 | #158 |
| 1908 | 430 | #157 |
| 1907 | 375 | #164 |
| 1906 | 332 | #165 |
| 1905 | 311 | #168 |
| 1904 | 281 | #173 |
| 1903 | 311 | #158 |
| 1902 | 277 | #172 |
| 1901 | 264 | #171 |
| 1900 | 316 | #173 |
| 1899 | 214 | #190 |
| 1898 | 241 | #187 |
| 1897 | 200 | #195 |
| 1896 | 197 | #197 |
| 1895 | 219 | #181 |
| 1894 | 174 | #201 |
| 1893 | 189 | #185 |
| 1892 | 190 | #184 |
| 1891 | 127 | #209 |
| 1890 | 134 | #207 |
| 1889 | 108 | #223 |
| 1888 | 101 | #230 |
| 1887 | 77 | #240 |
| 1886 | 72 | #241 |
| 1885 | 51 | #275 |
| 1884 | 42 | #295 |
| 1883 | 49 | #257 |
| 1882 | 32 | #314 |
| 1881 | 26 | #312 |
| 1880 | 32 | #275 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Norma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/norma, updated 20 October 2026.