Norval

Boy · recorded 1880–1981

  • 1981last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

0469118801905193119561981

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 86 recorded years as a table
Norval, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188045
188546
188789
188945
189478
189560
189659
189771
190066
190147
190265
190359
190462
190538
190690
190734
190891
190979
191046
191153
191263
191370
191458
191572
191680
191780
191883
191959
192057
192159
192256
192361
192455
192565
192661
192754
192854
192958
193056
193147
193252
193354
193443
193545
193636
193741
193832
193927
194038
194129
194228
194320
194424
194525
194616
194719
194817
194910
19509
195112
195212
195314
19545
19558
19568
195714
19585
19597
19605
19616
19628
19635
19644
19656
19664
19676
19695
19704
19714
19725
19735
19744
19753
19774
19803
19815

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Norval isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1981
9
Rank in 1981
#4,153
How rare
1 in 199,019 boys
Since 1880
2,377

Norval was last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1908, at 91 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Norval doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.