Meaning and history
Norwood is a surname derived from a place name meaning “north wood” in Old English.
19291929: 57 births, rank #884
1930: 58 births, rank #870
1931: 57 births, rank #838
1932: 49 births, rank #936
1933: 52 births, rank #862
19341934: 52 births, rank #875
1935: 50 births, rank #901
1936: 43 births, rank #945
1937: 47 births, rank #919
1938: 52 births, rank #867
19391939: 48 births, rank #902
1940: no US SSA record for this spelling
1941: 43 births, rank #983
1942: 45 births, rank #999
1943: no US SSA record for this spelling
19441944: no US SSA record for this spelling
1945: no US SSA record for this spelling
1946: 54 births, rank #903
1947: no US SSA record for this spelling
19481948: 53 births, rank #960
Norwood moved from #903 to #960 for boys between 1946 and 1948. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 79 births.