Fun Facts About the Name Noralee
- 542 babies named Noralee: U.S. records list 542 babies given the name Noralee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Noralee Mean?
Noralee is a compound English given name made from Nora and Lee. Nora is most often explained as a short form of Honora, from the Latin honor, meaning "honor" or "esteem." A competing explanation connects it instead with Eleanor, a name whose origin is uncertain and much debated, so "honor" is the usual but not the only derivation. The second element, Lee, comes from the Old English lēah, "woodland, clearing, meadow," a word that also produced a widespread English surname.
Read element by element, the name carries the senses "honor" and "meadow." Compound names of this kind are generally chosen for the sound of the two parts and their separate associations rather than for one combined definition.
Noralee Name History & Origins
Noralee belongs to the large group of English feminine names formed by joining two shorter names into a single word, a pattern that took hold in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially in the United States. It combines an established given name with a short second element that also stands on its own as a name.
Nora has been used in English-speaking countries since the 18th century and is likewise an established Irish name, where Nóra serves as the Irish form of Honora. Henrik Ibsen gave the name to the central character of A Doll's House (1879); this is a well-known literary use of Nora, not the source of the name, which was already in circulation.
Lee began as an English surname taken from places named with Old English lēah, "clearing" or "meadow." It later became a common given name for both boys and girls, used widely in the 19th and 20th centuries and especially familiar in the American South. Noralee joins the two elements and is found mainly in English-speaking countries; like other combined names of this type, it has no single historical figure or event behind it.
How Popular is the Name Noralee?
Noralee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1925. Its best rank was #1,960 in 1942.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,221 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #10,033 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #7,943 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #6,912 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #6,105 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #10,865 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #11,136 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #8,044 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #8,660 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #8,746 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #11,598 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #11,688 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #16,342 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #14,439 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #11,743 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #7,055 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #8,302 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #7,225 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #5,330 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #7,333 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #3,971 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #4,789 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #6,773 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #5,665 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #3,894 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1953 | #4,901 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #3,722 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #3,239 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1950 | #5,126 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,293 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1947 | #3,022 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1946 | #2,208 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1945 | #3,921 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1944 | #2,483 | 14 | 0.0011% |
| 1943 | #2,526 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1942 | #1,960 | 20 | 0.0015% |
| 1941 | #2,631 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1940 | #3,430 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #3,694 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #3,383 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1937 | #3,359 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #2,817 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1934 | #1,976 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1933 | #4,099 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1931 | #3,161 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1930 | #3,573 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #2,692 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1928 | #3,102 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1927 | #2,316 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1926 | #3,472 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #1,994 | 20 | 0.0016% |
| 1923 | #4,819 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #5,379 | 5 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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