Norvel
Recorded 1906–1988 · United States
Norvel was most popular in 1921, when 22 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,334 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 845 people named Norvel.
Norvel over time
How old is the name Norvel?
Norvel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1906, which makes it about 119 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 69 of the 120 years since. It was last recorded in 1988.
How many people are named Norvel?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 845 American births named Norvel between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 264 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Norvel in 2025?
Norvel was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Norvel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Norvel is a boy’s name — 0.6% of the 845 Americans given it were girls and 99.4% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Norvel?
Roughly 264 Americans named Norvel are alive today — 31% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 72 years old, and half are between 60 and 81.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org