Girls' name · peaked in 1948
Noreen name popularity since 1925
19,345 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Noreen. Half of them were born in 1954 or earlier, so the typical Noreen is about 72 years old in 2026. Noreen peaked in 1948 as the #299 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,345
- Named Noreen, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,327 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 19,345 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 4.13× its national share
Peak year is the year Noreen 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.
Noreen births per year, 1925–2025
1948 was the biggest year for Noreen both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1928 and 1933, Noreen became 1.9× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1965 and 1970, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 4,070 to 1 in 9,880.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Noreen's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Noreen.
Decade by decade
Babies named Noreen in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 673 | – |
| 1930s | 2,197 | #439 |
| 1940s | 4,376 | #329 |
| 1950s | 5,187 | #352 |
| 1960s | 4,269 | #458 |
| 1970s | 1,078 | #1,340 |
| 1980s | 592 | #1,940 |
| 1990s | 338 | #3,850 |
| 2000s | 227 | #5,560 |
| 2010s | 258 | #5,260 |
| 2020–25 | 150 | #4,327 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
52.9% of babies named Noreen from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Noreen is most popular
The index compares Noreen'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 Noreen.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 4.13× | 1,591 |
| Connecticut | 3.47× | 610 |
| New York | 3.47× | 4,266 |
| New Jersey | 2.48× | 1,107 |
| Illinois | 1.98× | 1,568 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Noreen's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Noreen.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Noreen (1948).
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