unisex name

Noris

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 136

Noris is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 35% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1990 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1924, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1921.

Noris over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1990, not a full ten years.

44
'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Noris by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 44
1930s 18
1940s 5
1950s 22
1960s 7
1970s 5
1980s 19
1990s (to 1990) 6

How popular is Noris?

In 1990, Noris was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Noris is used

France #4,774 5 in 2004
United States #12,457 6 in 1990

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Noris

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Noris also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Noris over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Noris

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Noris — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Noris

How popular is the name Noris?

In 1990, Noris was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Noris a girl's or a boy's name?

Noris is used for both girls and boys. About 35% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Noris most popular?

Noris peaked in 1924, when 9 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.