Orion
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · #334 for boys in 2025, 1,012 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 1,152 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 23,120since 1880
Orion over time
Rank among boys' names. Orion 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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 | #334 | 1,012 |
| 2024 | #4,387 | 32 | #325 | 1,065 |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | #373 | 869 |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | #332 | 1,021 |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 | #314 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | #325 | 1,016 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #313 | 1,077 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 | #300 | 1,152 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 | #334 | 1,023 |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | #324 | 1,072 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #367 | 877 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | #381 | 821 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #394 | 759 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | #419 | 679 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #469 | 574 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #467 | 561 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #521 | 519 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | #535 | 496 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #549 | 469 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #527 | 486 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #558 | 427 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #551 | 418 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #562 | 399 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | #583 | 367 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #540 | 404 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #553 | 382 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #540 | 377 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #538 | 372 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #763 | 195 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #786 | 185 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #827 | 168 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #892 | 148 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,071 | 108 |
| 1992 | — | #1,150 | 92 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #990 | 117 |
| 1990 | — | #1,135 | 90 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,121 | 89 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,130 | 78 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,047 | 83 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,299 | 56 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,170 | 64 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,054 | 72 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,016 | 76 | |
| 1982 | — | #965 | 87 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,111 | 67 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,166 | 61 | |
| 1979 | — | #984 | 81 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,066 | 66 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,054 | 67 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,123 | 57 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,099 | 58 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,115 | 54 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,435 | 35 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,364 | 38 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,977 | 18 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,438 | 10 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,489 | 20 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,872 | 14 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,644 | 20 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,353 | 29 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,355 | 30 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,157 | 38 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,207 | 34 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #1,222 | 31 |
| 1916 | — | #1,374 | 25 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,241 | 28 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Orion was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Orion
- 9 spots since 2024 (#325 → #334)
- 9 spots since 2020 (#325 → #334)
- 33 spots since 2015 (#367 → #334)
- Biggest jump: 277 spots in 1896 (#795 → #518)
- Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1898 (#584 → #885)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2018 at #300 (1,152 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,577 boys born in 2018 were named Orion (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,688 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 37.2% of all boys named Orion (8,595) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34 | #789 (1889) | #888 |
| 1890s | 49 | #518 (1896) | #767 |
| 1900s | 37 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,153 |
| 1910s | 192 | #1,207 (1919) | #1,372 |
| 1920s | 281 | #1,157 (1923) | #1,417 |
| 1930s | 154 | #1,489 (1939) | #1,864 |
| 1940s | 121 | #1,368 (1943) | #2,315 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,015 (1956) | #2,560 |
| 1960s | 82 | #1,977 (1969) | #2,830 |
| 1970s | 500 | #984 (1979) | #1,351 |
| 1980s | 733 | #965 (1982) | #1,108 |
| 1990s | 1,852 | #538 (1998) | #869 |
| 2000s | 4,367 | #521 (2009) | #548 |
| 2010s | 8,595 | #300 (2018) | #377 |
| 2020s | 6,039 | #314 (2021) | #334 |
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.
Orion in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 135,801 of them was named Orion, which outranked 58.9% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,868Zandrea15
- #7,868Ziyana15
- #7,868Zorah15
- #8,237Orion14
- #8,237Aahana14
- #8,237Aamani14
- #8,237Abbegail14
- #8,715Aaryanna13
- #8,715Adaya13
- #8,715Adessa13
Tied with 477 names at #8,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 4,229 of them was named Orion, which outranked 96.2% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.