Norris
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOR-is
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Norris is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “northerner”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Norris mean?
English: surname from Old French norreis 'northerner'
“northerner”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Norris a girl's or a boy's name?
Norris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Norris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Norris, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1924, with 308 boys.
Half of all the boys named Norris in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Norris in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,983 |
| 1994 | 52 | #1,711 |
| 1993 | 62 | #1,488 |
| 1992 | 55 | #1,593 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,522 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,331 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,313 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,097 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,135 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,126 |
| 1985 | 71 | #1,102 |
| 1984 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 85 | #956 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,082 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,029 |
| 1980 | 81 | #1,004 |
| 1979 | 88 | #937 |
| 1978 | 92 | #898 |
| 1977 | 86 | #913 |
| 1976 | 76 | #957 |
| 1975 | 91 | #870 |
| 1974 | 92 | #837 |
| 1973 | 96 | #804 |
| 1972 | 94 | #826 |
| 1971 | 136 | #707 |
| 1970 | 111 | #781 |
| 1969 | 124 | #705 |
| 1968 | 122 | #680 |
| 1967 | 129 | #655 |
| 1966 | 116 | #686 |
| 1965 | 154 | #617 |
| 1964 | 159 | #620 |
| 1963 | 188 | #575 |
| 1962 | 221 | #536 |
| 1961 | 251 | #500 |
| 1960 | 246 | #507 |
| 1959 | 235 | #510 |
| 1958 | 227 | #512 |
| 1957 | 268 | #476 |
| 1956 | 283 | #449 |
| 1955 | 288 | #431 |
| 1954 | 244 | #464 |
| 1953 | 291 | #411 |
| 1952 | 286 | #406 |
| 1951 | 254 | #426 |
| 1950 | 244 | #427 |
| 1949 | 239 | #432 |
| 1948 | 233 | #438 |
| 1947 | 251 | #430 |
| 1946 | 241 | #410 |
| 1945 | 215 | #411 |
| 1944 | 208 | #419 |
| 1943 | 241 | #393 |
| 1942 | 225 | #407 |
| 1941 | 219 | #389 |
| 1940 | 205 | #401 |
| 1939 | 202 | #401 |
| 1938 | 252 | #349 |
| 1937 | 232 | #352 |
| 1936 | 248 | #346 |
| 1935 | 266 | #335 |
| 1934 | 240 | #354 |
| 1933 | 251 | #336 |
| 1932 | 256 | #345 |
| 1931 | 264 | #334 |
| 1930 | 228 | #376 |
| 1929 | 230 | #378 |
| 1928 | 234 | #384 |
| 1927 | 260 | #362 |
| 1926 | 230 | #387 |
| 1925 | 281 | #351 |
| 1924 | 308 | #330 |
| 1923 | 267 | #364 |
| 1922 | 260 | #375 |
| 1921 | 290 | #350 |
| 1920 | 228 | #394 |
| 1919 | 200 | #413 |
| 1918 | 226 | #395 |
| 1917 | 183 | #417 |
| 1916 | 203 | #388 |
| 1915 | 184 | #396 |
| 1914 | 150 | #387 |
| 1913 | 119 | #390 |
| 1912 | 104 | #379 |
| 1911 | 47 | #420 |
| 1910 | 48 | #370 |
| 1909 | 40 | #378 |
| 1908 | 39 | #365 |
| 1907 | 28 | #439 |
| 1906 | 26 | #431 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 25 | #417 |
| 1903 | 14 | #595 |
| 1902 | 14 | #582 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 19 | #438 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 14 | #547 |
| 1891 | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 14 | #528 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 9 | #647 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 18 | #433 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 14 | #460 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Norris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/norris, updated 20 October 2026.