Noreen
Noreen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 299th, in 1948.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1948654 births
- Best rank
- #299in 1948
- Since 1892
- 20,074people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,074 girls have been named Noreen in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 654 births.
The name has all but left use: 18 births in 2024, against 654 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 26%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Noreen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 50 | |
| 1910s | 313 | |
| 1920s | 1,068 | |
| 1930s | 2,197 | |
| 1940s | 4,376 | |
| 1950s | 5,187 | |
| 1960s | 4,268 | |
| 1970s | 1,078 | |
| 1980s | 592 | |
| 1990s | 338 | |
| 2000s | 227 | |
| 2010s | 258 | |
| 2020s | 117 |
In 1948, its biggest year
Noreen was the 299th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1948 were Linda, Mary, Barbara, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Noreen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darlenepeak 1958
- Charlenepeak 1952
- Mariannepeak 1957
- Bunnypeak 1957
- Donnapeak 1959
- Mariannpeak 1957
- Marileepeak 1947
- Janetpeak 1954
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.