Normal

Girl · recorded 1922–1944

  • 1944last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 1944. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Normal.

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Its story

Popularity since 1922

03619221928193319391944

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 8 recorded years as a table
Normal, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19224
19274
19336
19355
19396
19404
19415
19445

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Normal 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 1944
6
Rank in 1944
#4,054
How rare
1 in 221,203 girls
Since 1922
45

Normal was last recorded in 1944. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1939, at 6 per million girls born.

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

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