Noreen
#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 654 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,108since 1892
Noreen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Noreen has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 |
| 2017 | #4,147 | 35 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 38 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 |
| 1988 | #3,039 | 33 |
| 1987 | #2,044 | 54 |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 |
| 1985 | #1,928 | 57 |
| 1984 | #1,751 | 62 |
| 1983 | #1,689 | 65 |
| 1982 | #1,584 | 74 |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 72 |
| 1980 | #1,494 | 80 |
| 1979 | #1,661 | 67 |
| 1978 | #1,412 | 82 |
| 1977 | #1,451 | 76 |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 85 |
| 1975 | #1,332 | 81 |
| 1974 | #1,063 | 111 |
| 1973 | #1,015 | 115 |
| 1972 | #1,030 | 113 |
| 1971 | #812 | 171 |
| 1970 | #789 | 177 |
| 1969 | #648 | 236 |
| 1968 | #634 | 232 |
| 1967 | #555 | 288 |
| 1966 | #499 | 353 |
| 1965 | #458 | 434 |
| 1964 | #434 | 508 |
| 1963 | #410 | 549 |
| 1962 | #389 | 590 |
| 1961 | #401 | 586 |
| 1960 | #440 | 493 |
| 1959 | #424 | 502 |
| 1958 | #408 | 516 |
| 1957 | #412 | 505 |
| 1956 | #409 | 491 |
| 1955 | #352 | 603 |
| 1954 | #397 | 476 |
| 1953 | #380 | 507 |
| 1952 | #351 | 545 |
| 1951 | #360 | 494 |
| 1950 | #327 | 548 |
| 1949 | #313 | 619 |
| 1948 | #299 | 654 |
| 1947 | #330 | 574 |
| 1946 | #340 | 480 |
| 1945 | #328 | 439 |
| 1944 | #371 | 359 |
| 1943 | #358 | 400 |
| 1942 | #383 | 345 |
| 1941 | #427 | 257 |
| 1940 | #432 | 249 |
| 1939 | #435 | 241 |
| 1938 | #420 | 255 |
| 1937 | #387 | 283 |
| 1936 | #435 | 219 |
| 1935 | #439 | 218 |
| 1934 | #443 | 214 |
| 1933 | #446 | 209 |
| 1932 | #454 | 208 |
| 1931 | #460 | 197 |
| 1930 | #551 | 153 |
| 1929 | #508 | 177 |
| 1928 | #634 | 123 |
| 1927 | #629 | 129 |
| 1926 | #647 | 124 |
| 1925 | #677 | 120 |
| 1924 | #721 | 106 |
| 1923 | #769 | 90 |
| 1922 | #831 | 78 |
| 1921 | #797 | 84 |
| 1920 | #1,255 | 37 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 35 |
| 1918 | #969 | 55 |
| 1917 | #1,205 | 36 |
| 1916 | #949 | 52 |
| 1915 | #968 | 47 |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
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| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
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First appearance
1892
The first year at least five girls were named Noreen! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Noreen is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Michigan#220 · 1 in 1,821
- Washington#234 · 1 in 1,867
- Massachusetts#300 · 1 in 4,296
- Illinois#314 · 1 in 3,284
- Kansas#344 · 1 in 3,011
Best ever in a state: #104 in Connecticut, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #220 | 23 | 1 in 1,821 |
| Washington | #234 | 5 | 1 in 1,867 |
| Massachusetts | #300 | 8 | 1 in 4,296 |
| Illinois | #314 | 18 | 1 in 3,284 |
| Kansas | #344 | 5 | 1 in 3,011 |
| California | #366 | 12 | 1 in 3,065 |
| New York | #404 | 17 | 1 in 5,929 |
| Ohio | #450 | 8 | 1 in 6,872 |
| Pennsylvania | #619 | 6 | 1 in 15,314 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,129 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #4,265)
- 1,049 spots since 2020 (#5,314 → #4,265)
- 862 spots since 2015 (#5,127 → #4,265)
- Biggest jump: 458 spots in 1921 (#1,255 → #797)
- Biggest drop: 328 spots in 1919 (#969 → #1,297)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1948 at #299 (654 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1921–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,596
- Highest: 1 in 2,596 girls born in 1948 were named Noreen (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 25.8% of all girls named Noreen (5,187) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,450 (1892) | #1,450 |
| 1900s | 50 | #1,290 (1909) | #1,603 |
| 1910s | 313 | #949 (1916) | #1,131 |
| 1920s | 1,068 | #508 (1929) | #747 |
| 1930s | 2,197 | #387 (1937) | #447 |
| 1940s | 4,376 | #299 (1948) | #358 |
| 1950s | 5,187 | #327 (1950) | #382 |
| 1960s | 4,269 | #389 (1962) | #487 |
| 1970s | 1,078 | #789 (1970) | #1,185 |
| 1980s | 592 | #1,494 (1980) | #1,980 |
| 1990s | 338 | #2,687 (1992) | #3,438 |
| 2000s | 227 | #4,321 (2001) | #5,650 |
| 2010s | 258 | #4,147 (2017) | #5,322 |
| 2020s | 150 | #4,265 (2025) | #5,250 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Noreen in 1927
girls
#629
129 births · 1 in 9,244 girls
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 9,244 of them was named Noreen, which outranked 88.8% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).