# Noreen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/noreen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “nora” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,108 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 20,108 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 214, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Irish Nóirín (diminutive of Nóra (“Nora”)).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 6,508 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,520 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,661 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,625 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,260 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,935 |
| 2017 | 35 | 4,203 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,536 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,870 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,444 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,519 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,442 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,899 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,583 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,327 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## People named Noreen

- Noreen Nash, American film and television actress
- Noreen Corcoran, American actress and dancer (1943-2016)
- Noreen Murray, British molecular biologist
- Noreen Riols, British novelist, spy and former agent

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.