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Noreen

Gender
Girl
Say it
naw-REEN
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,961 for girls
US rank, 2025
#4,264 for girls

Noreen is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “honour”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).

What does Noreen mean?

Latin: via Irish Noirin, a pet form of Nora

“honour”

An anglicised form of Irish Noirin, a pet form of Nora, which comes from the Latin Honora, 'honour'.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Noreen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Noreen in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,961st among girls
Babies in 2025
15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Noreen, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 girls.

2025 had more girls named Noreen than any year since 1996.

Half of all the girls named Noreen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 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 1,892nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 17 in 19962025
Noreen in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202515#1,961
20243#5,966
20237#3,388
20224#4,870
20214#4,864
20206#3,630
20195#4,214
20187#3,344
20175#4,250
201610#2,692
20157#3,433
20148#3,031
20136#3,719
201210#2,666
20114#4,980
201010#2,540
20094#4,795
20088#2,895
20079#2,543
20066#3,280
20054#4,150
20045#3,356
20034#3,768
20029#2,040
20015#2,928
20004#3,399
199912#1,576
199810#1,815
19979#1,927
199617#1,179

How popular is Noreen in the US?

Rank in 2025
4,264th among girls
Babies in 2025
33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 12% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Noreen, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1948, with 654 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.

2025 had more girls named Noreen than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Noreen in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.

1892Busiest: 654 in 19482025
Noreen in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202533#4,264
202418#6,391
202321#5,747
202232#4,376
202123#5,394
202023#5,310
201928#4,772
201831#4,457
201735#4,146
201622#5,794
201526#5,125
201431#4,542
201319#6,459
201225#5,396
201120#6,332
201021#6,180
200928#5,096
200823#5,952
200719#6,808
200622#5,904
200523#5,432
200418#6,484
200329#4,413
200222#5,250
200128#4,317
200015#6,802
199926#4,309
199825#4,363
199733#3,445
199633#3,424
199528#3,775
199432#3,443
199335#3,216
199245#2,682
199138#2,983
199043#2,690
198944#2,567
198833#3,034
198754#2,043
198651#2,078
198557#1,927
198462#1,751
198365#1,689
198274#1,584
198172#1,615
198080#1,494
197967#1,661
197882#1,412
197776#1,451
197685#1,286
197581#1,332
1974111#1,063
1973115#1,015
1972113#1,030
1971171#812
1970177#789
1969236#648
1968232#634
1967288#555
1966353#499
1965434#458
1964508#434
1963549#410
1962590#389
1961586#401
1960493#440
1959502#424
1958516#408
1957505#412
1956491#408
1955603#352
1954476#396
1953507#379
1952545#350
1951494#359
1950548#327
1949619#313
1948654#299
1947574#330
1946480#340
1945439#328
1944359#371
1943400#358
1942345#383
1941257#427
1940249#432
1939241#435
1938255#420
1937283#387
1936219#435
1935218#439
1934214#443
1933209#446
1932208#454
1931197#460
1930153#551
1929177#508
1928123#634
1927129#629
1926124#647
1925120#677
1924106#721
192390#769
192278#831
192184#797
192037#1,255
191935#1,297
191855#969
191736#1,205
191652#949
191547#968
191437#972
191321#1,229
191214#1,477
191116#1,113
19100–
190911#1,290
19087#1,676
19078#1,512
19066#1,727
19056#1,695
19045#1,876
19037#1,440
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18925#1,450

Names like Noreen

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

Connie, Eileen, Nancy, Kathleen, Bonnie, Renee, Aoibheann, Raegan, Caragh, Eireann, Daneen, Teagan

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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, “Noreen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noreen, updated 20 October 2026.