Norma
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Norma
Invented for Bellini's opera, Norma had some star quality in the silent-screen and Marilyn Monroe days, but at this point it's a graying grandma in baby name limbo.
Norma is also given to boys.
Pronounced NOR-muh.
As of October 2026, Norma ranked #9742 in US births in 1993 SSA, peaked at #1000 in 1932.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #2,250 | 84 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,398 | 77 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,216 | 87 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,298 | 81 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,267 | 81 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #2,422 | 74 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #2,370 | 75 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,975 | 99 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,153 | 89 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,189 | 87 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #2,620 | 67 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,012 | 95 |
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Norma on lists
Famous Normas
- Norma Jeane Mortenson/BakerGirl
birth name of American pop culture icon Marilyn Monroe
- Norma TalmadgeGirl
American actress of the silent era
- (Edith) Norma ShearerGirl
American actress
- Norma Descygne SmallwoodGirl
Miss America 1926
- Norma Deloris EgstromGirl
birth name of Peggy Lee, American singer
- Norma Fox MazerGirl
American children's novelist
- Norma KleinGirl
American children's novelist
- Norma Aleandro (Robledo)Girl
Argentine actress
- Norma CraneGirl
American actress
- Norma MacMillanGirl
Canadian voice actress
- Norma Christina Elizabeth MajorGirl
Lady Major, wife of British Prime Minister John Major
- Norma Beatriz NolanGirl
Miss Argentina and Miss Universe 1926
- Norma Leah McCorvey aka Jane RoeGirl
plaintiff in the U.S. Roe v. Wade court case
- Norma ColeGirl
American poet
- Norma TeagardenGirl
American jazz pianist
- Norma Ann WinstoneGirl
English jazz singer
- Norma Christine WatersonGirl
English folk singer of The Watersons
Norma in pop culture
- "Norma RaeGirl
" movie starring Sally Field as Norma Rae Webster
- Norma ArnoldGirl
mother on TV's "The Wonder Years"
- Norma BatesGirl
main character on TV's "Bates Motel" and movie "Psycho"
- Norma BatesGirl
character on American soap "Passions"
- Norma DesmondGirl
character in movie "Sunset Boulevard"
- Norma CenvaGirl
character in the "Dune" series
- Norma RomanoGirl
character on Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black"
- NormaGirl
minor character from video game "Final Fantasy Mystic Quest"
- NormaGirl
character in book/movie "Carrie"
- Grammy NormaGirl
character in movie "The Lorax"
- Norma DePlumeGirl
character in video game "Ace Attorney"
- NormaGirl
constellation of the southern sky
- "NormaGirl
" opera by Vincenzo Bellini and its main character
- "NormaGirl
" play by Henrik Ibsen and its main character
- "NormaGirl
" novel by Vladimir Sorokin