Quick answers about Norton
How many people are named Norton?
An estimated 426 living Americans are named Norton.
How rare is Norton?
Norton fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Norton?
The median age of a living American named Norton is approximately 67 years, with most bearers falling between 52 and 78 years old.
Is Norton still popular?
Not especially. Norton has been declining since its 1928 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Norton most common?
Norton has its strongest geographic signal in Illinois, where it appears 2.3× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Norton is most concentrated in Illinois — about 2.3× the national rate in the 1930s. It also runs high in New York.
States where Norton is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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