Doreen

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Doreen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Doreen: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #161, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#161highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1998	#1979
2001	#3998
2003	#3594
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2008	#4524
2009	#3031
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2014	#5691
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 38 years from 1964 to 2001.

In 2001: #606 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3998 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #171 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2001
Highest recorded position: #161 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2001).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Doreen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 405 births with the name.

Doreen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Doreen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#171 (1964)	#161 (1965)	#606 (2001)	32 of 38	405 (1964–2001)	25 (1965)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1979 (1998)	#5891 (2024)	17 of 29	70 (1996–2024)	8 (1998)

Doreen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Doreen in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	136	6 of 10	23
1970s	152	10 of 10	15
1980s	94	10 of 10	9
1990s	20	5 of 10	4
2000s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Doreen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #161 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Doreen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	15	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	16	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	15	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	11	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	12	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	20	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	19	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	15	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	21	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	24	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	22	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	23	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	22	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	25	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	20	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #161, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edwina · #162, 53y
Paraic · #164, 49y
Arlene · #157, 44y
Eadaoin · #165, 52y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dervla · #161, 49y
Marguerite · #161, 58y
Carole · #162, 35y
Edwina · #162, 53y

Doreen was ranked #161 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Doreen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Doreen without appearing here.

Doreen moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4764 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Doreen

Logan Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1979 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1359.
Ida Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1979 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #1728.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2636.
Luca Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1979 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #3998 and #2023.

Moved the opposite way to Doreen

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doreen went from #171 to #606 while Aisling went from #154 to #23.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doreen went from #171 to #606 while Alexandra went from #222 to #68.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doreen went from #171 to #606 while Alison went from #146 to #62.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doreen went from #171 to #606 while Charlotte went from #171 to #87.

Moved the same way as Doreen

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doreen went from #171 to #606 and Audrey from #85 to #441.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doreen went from #171 to #606 and Deirdre from #14 to #166.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doreen went from #171 to #606 and Diane from #215 to #335.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Doreen went from #171 to #606 and Eileen from #17 to #225.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #161 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Doreen

Doreen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Doreen across 2 official records

Doreen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Doreen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Doreen at a glance

Doreen across 2 official records

Doreen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Doreen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Doreen

Doreen and the names beside it

Doreen moved ahead of

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