Girls' name · since 1892
Noreen
Noreen has 20,108 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,066 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,274 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,108
- born since 1892
- 1950s
- peak decade
20,108 babies have been named Noreen since 1892, making it today's #4274 girls' name.
Noreen has 20,108 recorded births among girls since 1892, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4274 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #1,066 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,274 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20,108 born since 1892
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noreen ranks #1,066 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,274 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20,108 born since 1892, peaking in the 1950s.
- #1,066 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,274 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,108
- born since 1892
- 1950s
- peak decade
Noreen's 20,108 recorded births place it above 98.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Noreen compares
20,108 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Noreen's all-time total is 53x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Noreen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20,108 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 654 | 21 | 19,840 |
Noreen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Noreen splits its recorded history at 1964: 23% of all births land in the more recent half, 77% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1892 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 654 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Noreen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (1948)
- 654
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Noreen by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (5,187 births, 26% of the file).
1950s was Noreen's strongest decade.
5,187 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Noreen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 50
1900s
50 births
- 1910s 313
1910s
313 births
- 1920s 1,068
1920s
1,068 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,197 births
- 1940s
1940s
4,376 births
- 1950s
1950s
5,187 births
- 1960s
1960s
4,269 births
- 1970s 1,078
1970s
1,078 births
- 1980s 592
1980s
592 births
- 1990s 338
1990s
338 births
- 2000s 227
2000s
227 births
- 2010s 258
2010s
258 births
- 2020s 150
2020s
150 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5,187 births (26% of all-time use).
How Noreen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Noreen's total volume
Noreen by state
Where Noreen concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 4,328 | 21.5% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 1,607 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 1,591 | 7.9% |
| #4 | California | | 1,524 | 7.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,494 | 7.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 1,174 | 5.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 1,107 | 5.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 967 | 4.8% |
4,328 of 20,108 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Noreen appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Noreen's data
- Noreen's decade-level peak was the 1950s (5,187 total births); usage has since declined to 150 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Noreens (4,328 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Noreen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~133 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1892–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Noreen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.