girls:
20.1k births since 1892
#1032 (82nd percentile)
overall:
20.1k births since 1892
#1812 (77th percentile)
The name Noreen is the #1,812 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20,055 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 76.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,032 (82.0% percentile) for all time with 20,055 births since 1892.
Noreen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (first recorded for girls in 1892). Birth data for Noreen is available in 121 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Noreen reached its peak popularity in 1948, achieving the 57.7% percentile (ranked #291) with 375 births per million. The name was most common in 1948, with 375 births per million (ranked 57.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Noreen ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 3.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Noreen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Noreen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Noreen is pronounced as naw-REEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NAW-reen, at 26.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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