Noreen

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Noreen: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #60, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#60highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Noreen's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#1473
2000	#3247
2001	#2783
2002	#1928
2003	#3594
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#3116
2007	#2410
2008	#2721
2009	#5556
2010	#2589
2011	#4764
2012	#2521
2013	#3536
2014	#2862
2015	#3252
2016	#2757
2017	#4063
2018	#3178
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2021	#4634
2022	#4645
2023	#3218
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 52 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2023: #727 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3218 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 #65 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 recorded1964–2023
Highest recorded position: #60 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Noreen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 52 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,290 births with the name.

Noreen 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.

Noreen'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	#65 (1964)	#60 (1966)	#727 (2023)	52 of 60	2,290 (1964–2023)	115 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#1112 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	29 of 29	199 (1996–2024)	17 (1996)

Noreen 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 Noreen in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	582	6 of 10	97
1970s	937	10 of 10	94
1980s	526	10 of 10	53
1990s	156	9 of 10	17
2000s	41	8 of 10	5
2010s	40	7 of 10	6
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 97 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1982 and 1983, when recorded births fell by 45, from 89 to 44.

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

Noreen 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: #60 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Noreen'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	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	16	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	20	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	27	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	19	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	30	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	22	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	28	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	41	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	42	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	47	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	64	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	44	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	89	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	69	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	80	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	73	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	61	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	94	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	82	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	89	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	115	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	106	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	109	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	107	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	101	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	103	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	84	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	103	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#60	111	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	89	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	92	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 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #60, first reached in 1966.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 115 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

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.

Jesper · #53, 63y
Eskil · #72, 65y
Philomena · #72, 61y
Colette · #47, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Bronagh · #60, 61y
Eamonn · #60, 61y
Enda · #60, 62y
Nathalie · #60, 57y

Noreen was ranked #60 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. 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.

Noreen 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 Noreen without appearing here.

Noreen moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.
Tracey Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #4838.
Kristy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2589 and #4688.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3247 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Noreen

Logan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Marilyn Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2589 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2150.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.

Moved the opposite way to Noreen

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noreen went from #65 to #727 while Annie went from #112 to #48.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noreen went from #65 to #727 while Charlotte went from #171 to #60.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noreen went from #65 to #727 while Clodagh went from #149 to #54.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noreen went from #65 to #727 while Emily went from #180 to #3.

Moved the same way as Noreen

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noreen went from #65 to #727 and Alma from #327 to #625.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noreen went from #65 to #727 and Audrey from #85 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noreen went from #65 to #727 and Diane from #215 to #727.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Noreen went from #65 to #727 and Eileen from #17 to #445.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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: #60 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Noreen

Noreen at a glance

What stands out in Noreen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Noreen across 2 official records

Noreen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Noreen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Noreen at a glance

What stands out in Noreen's record

Noreen across 2 official records

Noreen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

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