Meaning and history
Created by Felice Romani for the title character, a Gaulish priestess, in the opera Norma (1831), the name may derive from Latin norma, meaning “rule.” It is also commonly used as a feminine form of Norman.
20062006: 205 births, rank #1,184
2007: 151 births, rank #1,526
2008: 151 births, rank #1,531
2009: 126 births, rank #1,733
2010: 117 births, rank #1,762
20112011: 105 births, rank #1,898
2012: 60 births, rank #2,866
2013: 86 births, rank #2,173
2014: 84 births, rank #2,236
2015: 77 births, rank #2,382
20162016: 87 births, rank #2,206
2017: 81 births, rank #2,283
2018: 81 births, rank #2,254
2019: 74 births, rank #2,400
2020: 75 births, rank #2,341
20212021: 99 births, rank #1,971
2022: 89 births, rank #2,142
2023: 87 births, rank #2,176
2024: 69 births, rank #2,559
20252025: 95 births, rank #2,002
Norma moved from #859 to #928 for girls between 2001 and 2002. Its highest annual birth count came in 1931, with 8,759 births.