Norma comes from the English / Germanic / Italian / Latin tradition, meaning From The North.
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How popular is Norma?
1931peak year
Norma hit its high-water mark in 1931, when it became one of the country's most popular names — #22 nationally, with 8,759 babies given the name that year. It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1880. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2291) today, averaging about 82 new babies per year. Norma's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 279,251 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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