Oran

#5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births

Peak · boys
#466
1901 · 17 births
Debut · boys
1880
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,447
since 1880

Oran over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Oran has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #466, 1901boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,04519
2024#4,89020
2023#5,47017
2022#5,44517
2021#3,91227
2020#5,69915
2019#5,55516
2018#5,77015
2017#4,74620
2016#4,32723
2015#4,40722
2014#3,61729
2013#4,62120
2012#5,72015
2011#3,69528
2010#5,74115
2009#4,27823
2008#4,39522
2007#4,99618
2006#4,22322
2005#3,81524
2004#5,24615
2003#3,73223
2002#3,79422
2001#3,97420
2000#5,58812
1999#3,59121
1998#4,41315
1997#4,45114
1996#4,02216
1995#4,79112
1994#3,32620
1993#3,50118
1992#3,10521
1991#3,46217
1990#3,77915
1989#2,41627
1988#3,07917
1987#2,21526
1986#3,00516
1985#2,59819
1984#4,9737
1983#4,1419
1982#3,96610
1981#2,68017
1980#2,72917
1979#2,10424
1978#2,37519
1977#2,20221
1976#2,05423
1975#2,00123
1974#1,79026
1973#1,73626
1972#2,08019
1971#2,27917
1970#1,49432
1969#1,72823
1968#1,45529
1967#1,60923
1966#1,68421
1965#1,48327
1964#1,54526
1963#1,74421
1962#1,62524
1961#1,68623
1960#1,43431
1959#1,38732
1958#1,23739
1957#1,19942
1956#1,38531
1955#1,16741
1954#1,22737
1953#1,12343
1952#1,24535
1951#1,27933
1950#1,10541
1949#98550
1948#1,07943
1947#1,09344
1946#1,00346
1945#1,07836
1944#89850
1943#89755
1942#86757
1941#88851
1940#1,03139
1939#90048
1938#1,31026
1937#1,07436
1936#82754
1935#85853
1934#77963
1933#85253
1932#84157
1931#80061
1930#77169
1929#82662
1928#85460
1927#70285
1926#68386
1925#69786
1924#71086
1923#67490
1922#633104
1921#65896
1920#70584
1919#65788
1918#74874
1917#66481
1916#65081
1915#66776
1914#62965
1913#57358
1912#68139
1911#73219
1910#67719
1909#84012
1908#55321
1907#81511
1906#64014
1905#50720
1904#76010
1903#61913
1902#68711
1901#46617
1900#74312
1899#1,0515
1898#54315
1897#58413
1896#67411
1895#60912
1894#7309
1893#7059
1892#68810
1891#8416
1890#9945
1889#7228
1888#8157
1887#6319
1886#8456
1885—
1884#7018
1883#55611
1882#8376
1881#7067
1880#48214
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Oran was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Oran
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 155 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #5,045)
  • 654 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #5,045)
  • 638 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #5,045)
  • Biggest jump: 410 spots in 1939 (#1,310 → #900)
  • Biggest drop: 508 spots in 1899 (#543 → #1,051)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1901 at #466 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 83 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1900–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,263
  • Highest: 1 in 6,263 boys born in 1901 were named Oran (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Oran (839) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s76#482 (1880)#699
1890s95#543 (1898)#742
1900s141#466 (1901)#663
1910s600#573 (1913)#668
1920s839#633 (1922)#714
1930s520#771 (1930)#901
1940s471#867 (1942)#982
1950s374#1,105 (1950)#1,235
1960s248#1,434 (1960)#1,599
1970s230#1,494 (1970)#2,012
1980s165#2,215 (1987)#3,180
1990s169#3,105 (1992)#3,844
2000s201#3,732 (2003)#4,404
2010s203#3,617 (2014)#4,820
2020s115#3,912 (2021)#5,077

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Oran in 1948

boys
#1,079
43 births · 1 in 40,805 boys

Top boys' names in 1948

  1. #1James88,605
  2. #2Robert85,478
  3. #3John82,834
  4. #4William61,972
  5. #5David56,627
  6. #6Michael52,566
  7. #7Richard50,970
  8. #8Thomas43,780
  9. #9Charles38,676
  10. #10Ronald33,527
  11. #1,079Oran43
More about 1948

boys

1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 40,805 of them was named Oran, which outranked 74.3% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Oran
  1. #1,063Trevor44
  2. #1,063Whitney44
  3. #1,063Wylie44
  4. #1,079Oran43
  5. #1,079Alfonza43
  6. #1,079Arlo43
  7. #1,079Betty43
  8. #1,091Amado42
  9. #1,091Clarke42
  10. #1,091Clemente42

Tied with 11 names at #1,079; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Arnulfo#1,316 → #802
  2. ↑ 422Lucio#1,394 → #972
  3. ↑ 377Isidro#1,190 → #813
  4. ↑ 363Shawn#923 → #560
  5. ↑ 331Aurelio#1,233 → #902
Fallers
  1. ↓ 400Marshal#1,000 → #1,400
  2. ↓ 390Robby#906 → #1,296
  3. ↓ 333Frances#923 → #1,256
  4. ↓ 324Deane#836 → #1,160
  5. ↓ 321Lenwood#975 → #1,296

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1948 →