Girl name#932 of girl names
Noreen
Pronounced N ER0 IY1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1948
- 133 years in use
How popular is Noreen?
Noreen is a girls' name, and first appears in 1892. It has been given to 20,074 children — the 932nd most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 259 births across the past decade, against a peak of 654 in a single year. That peak was in 1948.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- N ER0 IY1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Noreen
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Noreen
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Noreen?
- Noreen ranks 932nd among girls' names in US records, with 20,074 births since 1892. Over the past decade it accounts for 259.
- Is Noreen a unisex name?
- No. Noreen is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Noreen most popular?
- 1948, when 654 children were given the name. It has been in use for 133 years and is still recorded as of 2024.