Noreen — #6384 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Noreen

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,074 babies named Noreen between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noreen currently holds the #6384 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 654 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Noreen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5,187 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Noreen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Noreen in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Noreen 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 20,074 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.