Moreen — girls' name
263 babies named Moreen in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Moreen was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Moreen in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Moreen
The Social Security Administration has registered 263 babies named Moreen between 1926 and 1998, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Moreen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Moreen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Moreen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Moreen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 263 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Moreen at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Moreen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1926
- Peak year (1956)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
263 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 12 births in a single year.
Moreen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 77 births that decade — 29% of Moreen's all-time total
Moreen decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Moreen's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1926–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.