Joreen
Jo Freeman aka Joreen, is an American feminist, political scientist, writer and attorney. As a student at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s, she became active in organizations working for civil liberties and the civil rights movement.
Meaning & Origin of Joreen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jo Freeman aka Joreen, is an American feminist, political scientist, writer and attorney. As a student at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s, she became active in organizations working for civil liberties and the civil rights movement.
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The Story of Joreen
Joreen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1928, with 22 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1928: 22 births, good for #1,784 nationwide. About 34% of every Joreen on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Joreen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1961, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 106 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Joreen
Joreen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1928 and has accumulated 106 births in the dataset. Joreen's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #1,784. Use the chart and map above to compare Joreen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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