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Norton

A name meaning "north town".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈnɔɹ.tən/; British English /ˈnɔː.tən/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2020)#10,605

Meaning and history

Norton is a name derived from a surname that originally came from a place name meaning “north town” in Old English.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
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20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
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20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
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20162016: no US SSA record for this spelling
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2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
20202020: 6 births, rank #10,605

Norton rose from #879 to #863 for boys between 1935 and 1937. Its highest annual birth count came in 1928, with 74 births.

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