Norma is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “pattern, model and a carpenter's square.” In 2024 it was given to 67 girls in the United States.
Norma belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “pattern, model and a carpenter's square” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Norma first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #22 in 1931, and in 2024 67 babies received the name — 277,973 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Norma means “pattern, model and a carpenter's square” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Norma is a girl name. In 2024, 67 babies received the name in the US.
Norma comes from the Spanish tradition.
Norma first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #22 in 1931, and 67 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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