The name Doreen is of Irish Gaelic origin, and means gloomy.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Doreen has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Doreen
Use of the Name Doreen for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
44,153
29,264
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Doreen has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Doreen first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1919, which is the first year shown on the table.
Doreen last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1979, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Doreen
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1919
920
59
1920
871
69
1921
808
82
1922
715
104
1923
537
177
1924
530
184
1925
506
192
1926
475
211
1927
481
210
1928
464
221
1929
428
240
1930
413
254
1931
342
347
1932
380
294
1933
358
310
1934
394
270
1935
381
276
1936
418
237
1937
395
269
1938
357
330
1939
409
272
1940
411
281
1941
399
297
1942
390
333
1943
385
356
1944
356
379
1945
310
483
1946
255
782
1947
258
850
1948
255
866
1949
268
823
1950
284
756
1951
274
814
1952
257
945
1953
232
1,179
1954
240
1,137
1955
203
1,557
1956
147
2,569
1957
150
2,520
1958
161
2,394
1959
175
2,205
1960
194
1,907
1961
197
1,846
1962
208
1,740
1963
199
1,801
1964
200
1,829
1965
218
1,511
1966
240
1,213
1967
261
1,049
1968
289
909
1969
309
855
1970
352
711
1971
393
555
1972
443
426
1973
495
351
1974
526
319
1975
600
268
1976
697
213
1977
806
186
1978
832
178
1979
956
152
Totals:
44,153
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Doreen as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Doreen appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 61 times during the last 125 years.