Doreen
#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #3,935
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 2,574 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 46,431since 1900
Doreen over time
Rank among girls' names. Doreen has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,351 | 54 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,033 | 67 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,923 | 72 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,851 | 71 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,788 | 70 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,619 | 76 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,539 | 79 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,588 | 75 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,343 | 90 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,120 | 120 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,178 | 116 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,209 | 108 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,005 | 145 | — | |
| 1979 | #959 | 151 | — | |
| 1978 | #829 | 179 | — | |
| 1977 | #806 | 186 | — | |
| 1976 | #696 | 212 | — | |
| 1975 | #600 | 268 | — | |
| 1974 | #527 | 317 | — | |
| 1973 | #496 | 351 | — | |
| 1972 | #444 | 425 | — | |
| 1971 | #392 | 556 | — | |
| 1970 | #353 | 706 | — | |
| 1969 | #309 | 854 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #289 | 911 | — | |
| 1967 | #261 | 1,050 | — | |
| 1966 | #240 | 1,212 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #218 | 1,511 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #201 | 1,831 | — | |
| 1963 | #199 | 1,797 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #207 | 1,745 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #198 | 1,846 | — | |
| 1960 | #194 | 1,912 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #175 | 2,210 | — | |
| 1958 | #161 | 2,395 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #150 | 2,521 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #147 | 2,574 | — | |
| 1955 | #203 | 1,557 | — | |
| 1954 | #240 | 1,136 | — | |
| 1953 | #232 | 1,180 | — | |
| 1952 | #257 | 946 | — | |
| 1951 | #274 | 815 | — | |
| 1950 | #284 | 756 | — | |
| 1949 | #267 | 825 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #255 | 868 | — | |
| 1947 | #256 | 853 | — | |
| 1946 | #255 | 781 | — | |
| 1945 | #310 | 481 | — | |
| 1944 | #356 | 379 | — | |
| 1943 | #386 | 357 | — | |
| 1942 | #389 | 334 | — | |
| 1941 | #398 | 297 | — | |
| 1940 | #411 | 281 | — | |
| 1939 | #409 | 271 | — | |
| 1938 | #357 | 330 | — | |
| 1937 | #395 | 270 | — | |
| 1936 | #420 | 237 | — | |
| 1935 | #381 | 276 | — | |
| 1934 | #394 | 271 | — | |
| 1933 | #358 | 309 | — | |
| 1932 | #379 | 295 | — | |
| 1931 | #343 | 346 | — | |
| 1930 | #413 | 254 | — | |
| 1929 | #430 | 239 | — | |
| 1928 | #465 | 221 | — | |
| 1927 | #483 | 209 | — | |
| 1926 | #475 | 212 | — | |
| 1925 | #507 | 191 | — | |
| 1924 | #529 | 185 | — | |
| 1923 | #533 | 177 | — | |
| 1922 | #717 | 103 | — | |
| 1921 | #813 | 81 | — | |
| 1920 | #865 | 70 | — | |
| 1919 | #917 | 59 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,073 | 46 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,054 | 45 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,127 | 39 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Doreen! It came in at #1,723, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Doreen is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Connecticut#87 · 1 in 383
- Maine#89 · 1 in 336
- Massachusetts#100 · 1 in 549
- Hawaii#113 · 1 in 398
- Vermont#113 · 1 in 522
Best ever in a state: #26 in Hawaii, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #87 | 46 | 1 in 383 |
| Maine | #89 | 25 | 1 in 336 |
| Massachusetts | #100 | 81 | 1 in 549 |
| Hawaii | #113 | 12 | 1 in 398 |
| Vermont | #113 | 6 | 1 in 522 |
| Rhode Island | #119 | 11 | 1 in 639 |
| New Jersey | #130 | 58 | 1 in 714 |
| North Dakota | #133 | 9 | 1 in 684 |
| New Hampshire | #140 | 5 | 1 in 915 |
| New York | #156 | 146 | 1 in 908 |
| Wisconsin | #159 | 26 | 1 in 1,262 |
| Michigan | #199 | 37 | 1 in 1,678 |
| Pennsylvania | #208 | 61 | 1 in 1,627 |
| Washington | #208 | 15 | 1 in 1,491 |
| California | #221 | 68 | 1 in 1,460 |
| Minnesota | #221 | 14 | 1 in 2,117 |
| Oregon | #229 | 8 | 1 in 1,595 |
| Illinois | #239 | 38 | 1 in 2,057 |
| Iowa | #249 | 10 | 1 in 2,447 |
| District of Columbia | #254 | 5 | 1 in 2,136 |
| Colorado | #308 | 5 | 1 in 2,543 |
| Ohio | #319 | 21 | 1 in 3,660 |
| Maryland | #323 | 6 | 1 in 3,511 |
| Indiana | #448 | 6 | 1 in 6,279 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Doreen
- 700 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #5,099)
- 3,307 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #5,099)
- 118 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #5,099)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1923 (#717 → #533)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1979 (#829 → #959)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1956 at #147 (2,574 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1919–1979
- Highest: 1 in 780 girls born in 1956 were named Doreen (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.7% of all girls named Doreen (16,090) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 50 | #1,369 (1909) | #1,738 |
| 1910s | 286 | #917 (1919) | #1,325 |
| 1920s | 1,688 | #430 (1929) | #582 |
| 1930s | 2,859 | #343 (1931) | #385 |
| 1940s | 5,456 | #255 (1948) | #328 |
| 1950s | 16,090 | #147 (1956) | #212 |
| 1960s | 14,669 | #194 (1960) | #232 |
| 1970s | 3,351 | #353 (1970) | #610 |
| 1980s | 950 | #1,005 (1980) | #1,424 |
| 1990s | 443 | #1,923 (1990) | #2,952 |
| 2000s | 244 | #3,785 (2001) | #5,462 |
| 2010s | 235 | #4,768 (2014) | #5,635 |
| 2020s | 110 | #5,099 (2025) | #6,536 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Doreen in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 2,012 of them was named Doreen, which outranked 95.5% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #251Marguerite800
- #253Iris797
- #254Ernestine787
- #255Doreen781
- #255Antoinette781
- #255Viola781
- #258Irma774
- #259Robin773
- #260Sharron770
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.