first name
NOREEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,212 people named Noreen, 80.2% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Noreen peaked in 1948, when 654 babies got the name.
At least 20,108 babies have been given the name since 1892. 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.
Noreen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #648. The largest share of babies named Noreen, 50.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Noreen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Noreen has been most common in Massachusetts (3.9×), Hawaii (3.9×), and New York (3.4×), and least common in Texas (0.04×).
16,290 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 Noreen
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Noreen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Noreen ranks #26,440 of 156,621, with 972 people. See Noreen as a last name
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