Orin

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #1,852 for boys in 2025, 85 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys: #381
1880 · 20 births
Debut · boys: 1880
20 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 6,283
since 1880

Orin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Orin has never cracked the top 300 here.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	—		#1,852	85
2024	—		#2,236	64
2023	—		#2,416	56
2022	—		#1,737	96
2021	—		#1,710	95
2020	#15,088	5	#1,798	83
2019	—		#1,899	78
2018	—		#1,777	86
2017	—		#1,630	97
2016	—		#1,763	87
2015	—		#1,853	79
2014	—		#1,828	81
2013	#16,547	5	#2,065	65
2012	#14,962	6	#1,832	80
2011	—		#2,284	56
2010	—		#2,324	55
2009	—		#2,077	66
2008	—		#2,405	53
2007	—		#2,372	54
2006	—		#2,932	38
2005	—		#3,022	34
2004	—		#2,643	40
2003	—		#3,280	28
2002	—		#2,403	42
2001	—		#2,562	37
2000	—		#2,578	36
1999	—		#3,591	21
1998	—		#2,394	36
1997	—		#2,750	28
1996	—		#3,202	22
1995	—		#3,191	21
1994	—		#2,392	32
1993	—		#2,162	36
1992	—		#1,955	41
1991	—		#2,469	28
1990	—		#1,840	42
1989	—		#1,615	49
1988	—		#1,879	35
1987	—		#1,864	34
1986	—		#1,617	40
1985	—		#1,834	32
1984	—		#1,723	33
1983	—		#1,516	40
1982	—		#1,622	37
1981	—		#1,577	38
1980	—		#1,852	30
1979	—		#1,464	41
1978	—		#1,870	27
1977	—		#2,008	24
1976	—		#1,427	39
1975	—		#1,378	40
1974	—		#1,546	32
1973	—		#1,612	29
1972	—		#1,418	36
1971	—		#1,352	39
1970	—		#1,170	50
1969	—		#1,376	34
1968	—		#1,217	39
1967	—		#1,181	40
1966	—		#1,299	34
1965	—		#1,429	29
1964	—		#1,510	27
1963	—		#1,695	22
1962	—		#1,341	34
1961	—		#1,439	31
1960	—		#1,728	22
1959	—		#1,522	27
1958	—		#1,345	33
1957	—		#1,234	40
1956	—		#1,232	38
1955	—		#1,240	37
1954	—		#1,435	28
1953	—		#1,046	48
1952	—		#1,094	44
1951	—		#984	51
1950	—		#1,037	46
1949	—		#1,163	37
1948	—		#1,015	48
1947	—		#975	53
1946	—		#897	54
1945	—		#1,056	37
1944	—		#888	51
1943	—		#980	47
1942	—		#795	65
1941	—		#876	52
1940	—		#929	47
1939	—		#916	46
1938	—		#897	49
1937	—		#869	50
1936	—		#949	42
1935	—		#894	50
1934	—		#869	52
1933	—		#946	44
1932	—		#786	65
1931	—		#869	54
1930	—		#749	72
1929	—		#771	69
1928	—		#891	56
1927	—		#951	53
1926	—		#699	82
1925	—		#730	79
1924	—		#657	96
1923	—		#698	86
1922	—		#742	79
1921	—		#642	100
1920	—		#592	111
1919	—		#663	87
1918	—		#632	94
1917	—		#633	88
1916	—		#574	100
1915	—		#637	83
1914	—		#673	57
1913	—		#648	47
1912	—		#659	41
1911	—		#667	22
1910	—		#755	16
1909	—		#653	17
1908	—		#685	15
1907	—		#664	15
1906	—		#456	24
1905	—		#525	19
1904	—		#686	12
1903	—		#656	12
1902	—		#687	11
1901	—		#683	10
1900	—		#743	12
1899	—		#928	6
1898	—		#543	15
1897	—		#438	19
1896	—		#592	13
1895	—		#872	7
1894	—		#631	11
1893	—		#538	13
1892	—		#547	14
1891	—		#597	10
1890	—		#814	7
1889	—		#464	16
1888	—		#580	12
1887	—		#438	15
1886	—		#647	9
1885	—		#399	20
1884	—		#416	19
1883	—		#412	18
1882	—		#469	15
1881	—		#595	9
1880	—		#381	20

First appearance

1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Orin was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys

Holding steady

384 spots since 2024 (#2,236 → #1,852)
54 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #1,852)
1 spot since 2015 (#1,853 → #1,852)
Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1896 (#872 → #592)
Biggest drop: 385 spots in 1899 (#543 → #928)

Rise & fade · boys

Peaked on debut

Debuted 1880
Peaked 1880 at #381 (20 births)
Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 68 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1944

Share of babies · boys

1 in 5,390

Highest: 1 in 5,390 boys born in 1885 were named Orin (0.02%)
Latest: 1 in 20,095 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Its best rank, #381 in 1880, was only 1 in 5,525 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year

Era · boys

The 1920s

12.9% of all boys named Orin (811) were born in this decade

Show by decade

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	153	#381 (1880)	#480
1890s	115	#438 (1897)	#650
1900s	147	#456 (1906)	#644
1910s	635	#574 (1916)	#654
1920s	811	#592 (1920)	#737
1930s	524	#749 (1930)	#874
1940s	491	#795 (1942)	#957
1950s	392	#984 (1951)	#1,217
1960s	312	#1,181 (1967)	#1,422
1970s	357	#1,170 (1970)	#1,525
1980s	368	#1,516 (1983)	#1,710
1990s	307	#1,840 (1990)	#2,595
2000s	428	#2,077 (2009)	#2,627
2010s	764	#1,630 (2017)	#1,926
2020s	479	#1,710 (2021)	#1,958

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.

Orin in 1926

boys

#699

82 births · 1 in 13,543 boys

Top boys' names in 1926

#1Robert61,130
#2John56,108
#3James53,196
#4William51,922
#5Charles29,521
#6George25,910
#7Richard25,143
#8Joseph23,756
#9Donald20,912
#10Edward19,375
⋯
#699Orin82

More about 1926

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 13,543 of them was named Orin, which outranked 85.5% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orin

#694Garrett83
#694Rayford83
#694Werner83
#699Orin82
#699Antone82
#699Denis82
#699Elmore82
#709Bradley81
#709Dwayne81
#709Raphael81

Tied with 9 names at #699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925

Risers

↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783

Fallers

↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →