Girl name#561 of girl names
Doreen
Pronounced D AO0 R IY1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1956
- 125 years in use
How popular is Doreen?
Doreen is a girls' name, and first appears in 1900. It has been given to 46,463 children — the 561st most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 212 births across the past decade, against a peak of 2,574 in a single year. That peak was in 1956.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AO0 R IY1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Doreen
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Doreen
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Doreen?
- Doreen ranks 561st among girls' names in US records, with 46,463 births since 1900. Over the past decade it accounts for 212.
- Is Doreen a unisex name?
- No. Doreen is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Doreen most popular?
- 1956, when 2,574 children were given the name. It has been in use for 125 years and is still recorded as of 2024.