Norina

Girls' name

Diminutive of Nora

Norina has been given to 279 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1968, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Norina, 2022

1 in 564,000

Norina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Norina: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Nora

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Norina means

Norina is a diminutive of Nora.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Norina is used in Italian.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Norina is a diminutive of Nora. Nora has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Nora.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 279 girls were recorded with the name Norina between 1917 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1968; its best national rank was #3,139 in 1940.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Norina?

Norina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 564,000; 6 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only: 1 in 273,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 391,139 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Norina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 391,139 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Norina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Norinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Norina was born before 1960 — so the typical Norina is around 65 today.

Median birth year: 1960; About 65 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 19.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 9.0%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 190; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 19.7% of all recorded uses (55).

Is Norina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1968 (10)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,139; 1940

Spellings of Norina

Norina is not the most common spelling — Norma is, with 27.7% against Norina's 0.03%.

Norma27.7%278,071
Nora19.3%193,138
Nina13.3%133,788
Karina6.1%61,464
Lorena4.5%44,960
Marina3.9%39,514
Trina3.2%32,568
Lorna2.8%28,535

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Norina around the world

Where Norina ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2006–2022
#5,670
in 2022
France
1926–2014
#5,903
in 2014
South Australia
1953–1965
#674
in 1965

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Norina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,139; 1940
Peak year: 1968; 10 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 279
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Norina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Noriah Norie Noraa Normani Ellina Allina Momina Lumina Almina Jelina Noralee Kelina Noralyn Armina Zelina Molina Norrie Hasina Matina Zerina Velina Verina Galina Zorina

Sibling names for Norina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Aretha Brigette Josette Shelli Shannan Cami Missy Marnie

For a brother

Kraig Kelley Stacey Thad Tracey Jacques Deron Judd

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