girls:
24 births since 1916
#5692 (0th percentile)
boys:
16 births since 1928
#4570 (0th percentile)
overall:
40 births since 1916
#7699 (0th percentile)
The name Norvelle is the #7,699 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 40 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,692 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 24 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1928.
Norvelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for girls and 1928 for boys). Birth data for Norvelle is available in 6 out of the 48 years between 1916 and 1963 (4 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Norvelle has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (60.0% of all recorded births). In 1963, 0.0% of babies named Norvelle were girls. Interestingly, until around 1929, the name was more popular for girls (79.2% girls from 1916 to 1928), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (68.8% boys from 1929 to 1963).
For girls, Norvelle reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #607) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1936.
For boys, Norvelle reached its peak popularity in 1936, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #518) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1936, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1963.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Norvelle".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Norvelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.2% confident that Norvelle is pronounced as nor-VEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NOR-vehl, at 32.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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