Norman
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,196 for boys
Norman is a boys' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,196th for boys in the US (169 babies).
What does Norman mean?
Old English
A male given name from Old English used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Norman a girl's or a boy's name?
Norman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 169 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Norman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Norman, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Norman than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Norman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#33), 1914 (#28), 1924 (#22), 1934 (#30), 1944 (#43) and 1954 (#66).
Norman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Norman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,196among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 169 boys in the US were named Norman, making it the 1,196th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,127th. Its busiest year was 1928, with 5,590 boys.
Half of all the boys named Norman in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Norman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #1,196 |
| 2024 | 149 | #1,308 |
| 2023 | 138 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 168 | #1,191 |
| 2021 | 170 | #1,165 |
| 2020 | 174 | #1,127 |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 156 | #1,202 |
| 2017 | 172 | #1,116 |
| 2016 | 183 | #1,077 |
| 2015 | 148 | #1,231 |
| 2014 | 174 | #1,097 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,135 |
| 2012 | 160 | #1,145 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,309 |
| 2010 | 147 | #1,209 |
| 2009 | 164 | #1,125 |
| 2008 | 196 | #995 |
| 2007 | 192 | #1,005 |
| 2006 | 182 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 197 | #906 |
| 2004 | 211 | #841 |
| 2003 | 220 | #790 |
| 2002 | 210 | #809 |
| 2001 | 228 | #755 |
| 2000 | 271 | #662 |
| 1999 | 240 | #696 |
| 1998 | 271 | #645 |
| 1997 | 295 | #599 |
| 1996 | 264 | #637 |
| 1995 | 279 | #614 |
| 1994 | 328 | #565 |
| 1993 | 393 | #517 |
| 1992 | 405 | #500 |
| 1991 | 520 | #429 |
| 1990 | 444 | #468 |
| 1989 | 497 | #418 |
| 1988 | 492 | #403 |
| 1987 | 525 | #368 |
| 1986 | 503 | #370 |
| 1985 | 574 | #334 |
| 1984 | 594 | #324 |
| 1983 | 624 | #313 |
| 1982 | 634 | #312 |
| 1981 | 685 | #292 |
| 1980 | 725 | #286 |
| 1979 | 695 | #291 |
| 1978 | 739 | #266 |
| 1977 | 755 | #262 |
| 1976 | 825 | #244 |
| 1975 | 849 | #241 |
| 1974 | 1,000 | #215 |
| 1973 | 987 | #219 |
| 1972 | 1,171 | #198 |
| 1971 | 1,342 | #190 |
| 1970 | 1,522 | #181 |
| 1969 | 1,647 | #169 |
| 1968 | 1,767 | #155 |
| 1967 | 1,955 | #146 |
| 1966 | 2,171 | #137 |
| 1965 | 2,302 | #134 |
| 1964 | 2,258 | #144 |
| 1963 | 2,478 | #138 |
| 1962 | 2,788 | #130 |
| 1961 | 2,687 | #134 |
| 1960 | 2,700 | #132 |
| 1959 | 2,776 | #131 |
| 1958 | 3,074 | #125 |
| 1957 | 3,340 | #118 |
| 1956 | 3,417 | #107 |
| 1955 | 3,411 | #102 |
| 1954 | 3,417 | #99 |
| 1953 | 3,372 | #98 |
| 1952 | 3,572 | #96 |
| 1951 | 3,729 | #90 |
| 1950 | 3,641 | #90 |
| 1949 | 3,668 | #90 |
| 1948 | 3,894 | #85 |
| 1947 | 4,410 | #81 |
| 1946 | 4,161 | #76 |
| 1945 | 3,726 | #65 |
| 1944 | 4,065 | #58 |
| 1943 | 4,522 | #56 |
| 1942 | 4,683 | #53 |
| 1941 | 4,459 | #49 |
| 1940 | 4,576 | #48 |
| 1939 | 4,742 | #44 |
| 1938 | 4,953 | #43 |
| 1937 | 4,673 | #43 |
| 1936 | 4,645 | #43 |
| 1935 | 5,043 | #38 |
| 1934 | 4,989 | #38 |
| 1933 | 4,959 | #37 |
| 1932 | 5,268 | #37 |
| 1931 | 5,426 | #36 |
| 1930 | 5,289 | #40 |
| 1929 | 5,157 | #40 |
| 1928 | 5,590 | #39 |
| 1927 | 5,494 | #39 |
| 1926 | 5,282 | #39 |
| 1925 | 4,975 | #41 |
| 1924 | 5,045 | #42 |
| 1923 | 4,706 | #44 |
| 1922 | 4,527 | #44 |
| 1921 | 4,479 | #46 |
| 1920 | 4,109 | #47 |
| 1919 | 3,809 | #48 |
| 1918 | 3,867 | #49 |
| 1917 | 3,788 | #46 |
| 1916 | 3,609 | #48 |
| 1915 | 3,262 | #50 |
| 1914 | 2,335 | #54 |
| 1913 | 1,748 | #57 |
| 1912 | 1,367 | #61 |
| 1911 | 691 | #63 |
| 1910 | 557 | #63 |
| 1909 | 415 | #75 |
| 1908 | 374 | #74 |
| 1907 | 362 | #75 |
| 1906 | 324 | #76 |
| 1905 | 350 | #71 |
| 1904 | 305 | #77 |
| 1903 | 238 | #86 |
| 1902 | 256 | #84 |
| 1901 | 238 | #83 |
| 1900 | 316 | #82 |
| 1899 | 223 | #83 |
| 1898 | 207 | #96 |
| 1897 | 197 | #91 |
| 1896 | 178 | #104 |
| 1895 | 211 | #90 |
| 1894 | 199 | #95 |
| 1893 | 166 | #105 |
| 1892 | 191 | #98 |
| 1891 | 163 | #99 |
| 1890 | 156 | #107 |
| 1889 | 141 | #112 |
| 1888 | 156 | #107 |
| 1887 | 119 | #113 |
| 1886 | 161 | #96 |
| 1885 | 118 | #116 |
| 1884 | 130 | #113 |
| 1883 | 106 | #120 |
| 1882 | 107 | #130 |
| 1881 | 95 | #124 |
| 1880 | 102 | #131 |
Names like Norman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edward Alfred Wilfred Sidney Teddy Arthur Frederick Stanley Edwin Conlan Nolan Conan
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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, “Norman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/norman, updated 20 October 2026.