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How popular is the name Norma?
Births per year, rank history and how many Normas are alive today.
Norma (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 3 in 2025, ranked 5927th. The name peaked in 1934, when around 920 babies were given the name, the 41st most popular that year. It has declined since 1934; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 28,000 babies have been named Norma in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Norma you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Normas born in England and Wales are between 58 and 82, and there are at least 23,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 7% chance that at least one of them will be called Norma.
How many babies are named Norma each year?
Where does Norma rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Norma most popular?
Norma peaked in 1934, when around 920 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Norma?
At least 23,000 people named Norma born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Norma?
Most living Normas are between 58 and 82; the most common age is about 79.
Is Norma becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1934 peak.