Norwood
Recorded 1883–1997 · United States
Norwood was most popular in 1921, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,546 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,909 people named Norwood.
Norwood over time
How old is the name Norwood?
Norwood first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1883, which makes it about 142 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 99 of the 143 years since. It was last recorded in 1997.
How many people are named Norwood?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,909 American births named Norwood 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 867 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Norwood in 2025?
Norwood 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 Norwood a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Norwood is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,909 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were 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 Norwood?
Roughly 867 Americans named Norwood are alive today — 30% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 69 years old, and half are between 59 and 79.
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.
Where Norwood is most concentrated
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