Norris

Boy name

Norris has been given to 16,979 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1924.

Meaning & origin /ˈnɔɹɪs/

An Anglo-Norman surname, from Old French norreis (“a northerner, a migrant from the north”). More at French norois.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

16,979

Peak year

1924 (323 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -29%

Gender split

3% girls / 97% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Norris.

17,081 babies since 1880

16,776 babies since 1880

16,722 babies since 1880

16,661 babies since 1880

16,622 babies since 1880

16,472 babies since 1900

16,397 babies since 1880

16,351 babies since 1880

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