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Doreen

Gender
Girl
Say it
dor-EEN
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#5,098 for girls
Style
Vintage revival

Doreen is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).

What does Doreen mean?

Irish: possibly from Irish Doireann, or Dora with the Irish -een ending

Edna Lyall's 1894 novel Doreen helped make the name popular in Britain.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Doreen a girl's or a boy's name?

Doreen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Doreen in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Doreen, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 8 girls.

2025 had more girls named Doreen than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Doreen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#78), 1924 (#15), 1934 (#8), 1944 (#38) and 1954 (#90).

1996Busiest: 8 in 19982025
Doreen in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20243#5,966
20233#5,929
20220–
20210–
20200–
20193#5,804
20184#4,914
20174#4,967
20160–
20150–
20143#5,920
20130–
20123#6,108
20114#4,980
20103#5,938
20097#3,201
20084#4,742
20070–
20064#4,357
20055#3,543
20040–
20034#3,768
20020–
20013#4,156
20000–
19990–
19988#2,110
19972#5,038
19966#2,469

How popular is Doreen in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,098th among girls
Babies in 2025
25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Doreen, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1956, with 2,574 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Doreen than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Doreen in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.

1900Busiest: 2,574 in 19562025
Doreen in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202525#5,098
202421#5,796
202320#5,955
202216#6,979
202116#6,962
202012#8,401
201926#5,039
201822#5,615
201724#5,336
201628#4,849
201527#4,979
201429#4,766
201323#5,642
201218#6,868
201120#6,332
201018#6,901
200924#5,707
200828#5,140
200727#5,227
200613#8,711
200518#6,523
200423#5,373
200323#5,230
200227#4,494
200134#3,781
200027#4,395
199934#3,566
199831#3,727
199730#3,713
199633#3,424
199534#3,280
199440#2,930
199354#2,346
199267#2,028
199148#2,544
199072#1,919
198971#1,846
198870#1,786
198776#1,618
198679#1,538
198575#1,587
198490#1,343
1983120#1,120
1982116#1,178
1981108#1,209
1980145#1,005
1979151#959
1978179#829
1977186#806
1976212#696
1975268#600
1974317#527
1973351#496
1972425#444
1971556#392
1970706#353
1969854#309
1968911#289
19671,050#261
19661,212#240
19651,511#218
19641,831#201
19631,797#199
19621,745#207
19611,846#198
19601,912#194
19592,210#175
19582,395#161
19572,521#150
19562,574#147
19551,557#203
19541,136#240
19531,180#232
1952946#257
1951815#274
1950756#284
1949825#267
1948868#255
1947853#256
1946781#255
1945481#310
1944379#356
1943357#386
1942334#389
1941297#398
1940281#411
1939271#409
1938330#357
1937270#395
1936237#420
1935276#381
1934271#394
1933309#358
1932295#379
1931346#343
1930254#413
1929239#430
1928221#465
1927209#483
1926212#475
1925191#507
1924185#529
1923177#533
1922103#717
192181#813
192070#865
191959#917
191846#1,073
191745#1,054
191639#1,127
191523#1,523
191423#1,303
191317#1,405
191218#1,252
19119#1,656
19107#1,935
190910#1,369
19086#1,862
19075#2,060
19066#1,727
19056#1,695
19045#1,876
19036#1,592
19020–
19010–
19006#1,722

Nicknames for Doreen

Names like Doreen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Eileen, Connie, Aoibheann, Daneen, Kathleen, Teagan, Eireann, Raegan, Nancy, Caragh, Erin, Daphne

Names related to Doreen

Dareen

More Irish names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Doreen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/doreen, updated 20 October 2026.