Doreen

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Doreen, also occasionally spelt Dorean or Dorine, is a feminine given name, usually found in English-speaking countries. It is a combination of Dora with the suffix -een, which is related to the -ín suffix used in Irish, usually signifying small size or as an endearment.

From Wikipedia

Doreen first appears in the data in 1900 and has been recorded in 123 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1956 with 2,574 babies (rank #147 that year). In 2024 it was given to 21 girls (rank #5,827). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Doreen

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Doreen yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

46,463
Total babies (all years)
123
Years in the data
2,574
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19006#1,775
19036#1,651
19045#1,959
19056#1,761
19066#1,792
19075#2,150
19086#1,914
190910#1,393
19107#1,988
19119#1,691
191218#1,260
191317#1,418
191423#1,312
191523#1,536
191639#1,133
191745#1,057
191846#1,078
191959#918
192070#866
192181#816
1922104#715
1923177#534
1924184#529
1925191#507
1926212#475
1927209#483
1928221#465
1929239#430
1930254#413
1931346#343
1932295#379
1933309#358
1934271#394
1935276#381
1936237#420
1937270#395
1938330#357
1939271#409
1940281#411
1941297#399
1942334#389
1943357#386
1944379#356
1945481#310
1946781#256
1947853#256
1948867#255
1949826#266
1950756#284
1951815#274
1952946#257
19531,180#232
19541,136#240
19551,557#203
19562,574#147
19572,521#150
19582,395#161
19592,210#175
19601,912#194
19611,846#198
19621,745#207
19631,796#200
19641,832#199
19651,511#218
19661,212#240
19671,050#261
1968910#289
1969854#309
1970706#353
1971556#392
1972425#444
1973351#496
1974317#530
1975268#601
1976212#697
1977186#808
1978179#830
1979151#961
1980145#1,005
1981108#1,211
1982116#1,182
1983120#1,121
198490#1,344
198575#1,591
198679#1,542
198776#1,620
198870#1,788
198971#1,856
199072#1,930
199148#2,564
199267#2,041
199354#2,358
199440#2,945
199534#3,303
199633#3,451
199730#3,735
199831#3,751
199934#3,591
200027#4,444
200134#3,806
200227#4,533
200323#5,281
200423#5,421
200518#6,618
200613#8,865
200727#5,281
200828#5,181
200924#5,759
201018#6,994
201120#6,401
201218#6,942
201323#5,699
201429#4,807
201527#5,022
201628#4,888
201724#5,409
201822#5,653
201926#5,071
202012#8,531
202116#7,035
202216#7,056
202320#6,015
202421#5,827