Norval
Norval is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 666th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191884 births
- Best rank
- #666in 1887
- Since 1880
- 2,377people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,377 boys have been named Norval in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 84 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 84 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 27%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Norval | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 24 | |
| 1890s | 31 | |
| 1900s | 87 | |
| 1910s | 470 | |
| 1920s | 639 | |
| 1930s | 456 | |
| 1940s | 320 | |
| 1950s | 191 | |
| 1960s | 96 | |
| 1970s | 48 | |
| 1980s | 15 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Norval was the 682nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Norval
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Beecherpeak 1921
- Nortonpeak 1928
- Hubertpeak 1924
- Odispeak 1921
- Milfordpeak 1921
- Cecilpeak 1920
- Wilfredpeak 1920
- Olenpeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.