Girls' name · since 1922
Noreene
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 149 babies named Noreene, peaking in 1932. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1922
- 1930s
- peak decade
149 girls have been named Noreene since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Noreene has 149 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1961.
- #22,852 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 149 born since 1922
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Noreene ranks #22,852 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 149 born since 1922, peaking in the 1930s.
- #22,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1922
- 1930s
- peak decade
Noreene's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Noreene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Noreene's full recorded timeline at 1938, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1932 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Noreene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1961
- Peak year (1932)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Noreene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (54 births, 36% of the file).
1930s was Noreene's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Noreene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
33 births
- 1930s
1930s
54 births
- 1940s
1940s
36 births
- 1950s 21
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 54 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Noreene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (54 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Noreene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1932)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1922–1961 (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 Noreene 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.