Norton
Recorded 1882–2020 · United States
Norton was most popular in 1928, when 74 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,524 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,310 people named Norton.
Norton over time
How old is the name Norton?
Norton first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 99 of the 144 years since.
How many people are named Norton?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,310 American births named Norton between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 518 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Norton in 2025?
Norton was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Norton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Norton is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,310 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Norton?
Roughly 518 Americans named Norton are alive today — 22% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 72 years old, and half are between 56 and 82.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org