How rare is the name Doreen?

40,567 people in the United States have the first name Doreen, about 1 in 7,445. It ranks #1,034 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DOREEN

#1,034

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
40,567
About
1 in 7,445
This common or more
70.5%
Who bears it

Of the 40,567 people named Doreen, 76.5% reported their origin as White, 11.8% as Black and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Doreen peaked in 1956, when 2,574 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1956
Births that year
2,574
In 2025*
25 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 46,489 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Doreen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #378. The largest share of babies named Doreen, 61.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#2,67850
1910s#2,144286
1920s#1,0001,688
1930s#7052,859
1940s#5705,461
1950s#37816,105
1960s#40414,707
1970s#9733,351
1980s#2,247950
1990s#4,630443
2000s#8,771244
2010s#9,487235
2020s#10,899110
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.7%
Baby boom 1946–6461.5%
Generation X 1965–8019.5%
Millennials 1981–962.5%
Generation Z 1997–120.8%
2013 and later0.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Doreen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Doreen has been most common in Hawaii (5×), Rhode Island (4.1×), and Connecticut (3.8×), and least common in Alabama (0.04×).

42,538 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Doreen

#1,032 Ezekiel · 40,784#1,033 Pat · 40,768#1,035 Mauricio · 40,524#1,036 Esteban · 40,480

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Doreen, most common first.

#11,094 Dorien · 1,173#20,827 Doren · 493#23,767 Dorean · 410#30,312 Doreena · 288#31,246 Doreene · 275#39,517 Dorreen · 191#48,513 Dorren · 131

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