Girls' name · peaked in 1956
Doreen name popularity since 1925
45,537 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Doreen. Half of them were born in 1958 or earlier, so the typical Doreen is about 68 years old in 2026. Doreen peaked in 1956 as the #147 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 45,537
- Named Doreen, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,132 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 45,479 girls · 58 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 4.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Doreen made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Doreen births per year, 1925–2025
1956 was the biggest year for Doreen both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1951 and 1956, Doreen became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 2,210 baby girls to 1 in 780.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby girls fell by 57%, from 1 in 1,980 to 1 in 4,630.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Doreen's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Doreen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Doreen in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,072 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 2,859 | 0 | #381 |
| 1940s | 5,456 | 5 | #310 |
| 1950s | 16,090 | 15 | #203 |
| 1960s | 14,669 | 38 | #218 |
| 1970s | 3,351 | 0 | #601 |
| 1980s | 950 | 0 | #1,591 |
| 1990s | 443 | 0 | #3,303 |
| 2000s | 244 | 0 | #6,619 |
| 2010s | 235 | 0 | #5,022 |
| 2020–25 | 110 | 0 | #5,132 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
62.8% of babies named Doreen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Doreen is most popular
The index compares Doreen's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Doreen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 4.93× | 656 |
| Rhode Island | 4.32× | 651 |
| Connecticut | 3.84× | 1,771 |
| Massachusetts | 3.42× | 3,461 |
| New York | 3.01× | 9,711 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Doreen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Doreen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Doreen (1956).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data