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
1880 · 20 births
Debut · boys
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.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #381, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,85285
2024#2,23664
2023#2,41656
2022#1,73796
2021#1,71095
2020#15,0885#1,79883
2019#1,89978
2018#1,77786
2017#1,63097
2016#1,76387
2015#1,85379
2014#1,82881
2013#16,5475#2,06565
2012#14,9626#1,83280
2011#2,28456
2010#2,32455
2009#2,07766
2008#2,40553
2007#2,37254
2006#2,93238
2005#3,02234
2004#2,64340
2003#3,28028
2002#2,40342
2001#2,56237
2000#2,57836
1999#3,59121
1998#2,39436
1997#2,75028
1996#3,20222
1995#3,19121
1994#2,39232
1993#2,16236
1992#1,95541
1991#2,46928
1990#1,84042
1989#1,61549
1988#1,87935
1987#1,86434
1986#1,61740
1985#1,83432
1984#1,72333
1983#1,51640
1982#1,62237
1981#1,57738
1980#1,85230
1979#1,46441
1978#1,87027
1977#2,00824
1976#1,42739
1975#1,37840
1974#1,54632
1973#1,61229
1972#1,41836
1971#1,35239
1970#1,17050
1969#1,37634
1968#1,21739
1967#1,18140
1966#1,29934
1965#1,42929
1964#1,51027
1963#1,69522
1962#1,34134
1961#1,43931
1960#1,72822
1959#1,52227
1958#1,34533
1957#1,23440
1956#1,23238
1955#1,24037
1954#1,43528
1953#1,04648
1952#1,09444
1951#98451
1950#1,03746
1949#1,16337
1948#1,01548
1947#97553
1946#89754
1945#1,05637
1944#88851
1943#98047
1942#79565
1941#87652
1940#92947
1939#91646
1938#89749
1937#86950
1936#94942
1935#89450
1934#86952
1933#94644
1932#78665
1931#86954
1930#74972
1929#77169
1928#89156
1927#95153
1926#69982
1925#73079
1924#65796
1923#69886
1922#74279
1921#642100
1920#592111
1919#66387
1918#63294
1917#63388
1916#574100
1915#63783
1914#67357
1913#64847
1912#65941
1911#66722
1910#75516
1909#65317
1908#68515
1907#66415
1906#45624
1905#52519
1904#68612
1903#65612
1902#68711
1901#68310
1900#74312
1899#9286
1898#54315
1897#43819
1896#59213
1895#8727
1894#63111
1893#53813
1892#54714
1891#59710
1890#8147
1889#46416
1888#58012
1887#43815
1886#6479
1885#39920
1884#41619
1883#41218
1882#46915
1881#5959
1880#38120
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.

See more about Orin
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s153#381 (1880)#480
1890s115#438 (1897)#650
1900s147#456 (1906)#644
1910s635#574 (1916)#654
1920s811#592 (1920)#737
1930s524#749 (1930)#874
1940s491#795 (1942)#957
1950s392#984 (1951)#1,217
1960s312#1,181 (1967)#1,422
1970s357#1,170 (1970)#1,525
1980s368#1,516 (1983)#1,710
1990s307#1,840 (1990)#2,595
2000s428#2,077 (2009)#2,627
2010s764#1,630 (2017)#1,926
2020s479#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 1940

boys
#929
47 births · 1 in 24,663 boys

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #929Orin47
More about 1940

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 24,663 of them was named Orin, which outranked 76.4% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orin
  1. #919Marcos48
  2. #919Ricky48
  3. #919Stacy48
  4. #929Orin47
  5. #929Arlyn47
  6. #929Buck47
  7. #929Donna47
  8. #939Allyn46
  9. #939Author46
  10. #939Barrie46

Tied with 9 names at #929; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940