Orlin

#4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births

Peak · boys
1932 · 48 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,683
since 1908

Orlin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Orlin has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #937, 1932boys
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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#4,53922
2024#4,20025
2023#6,22014
2022#4,85020
2021#6,33513
2020#4,69820
2019#4,80620
2018#5,54016
2017#7,54610
2016#4,94319
2015#5,05818
2014#4,53821
2013#6,24113
2012#8,1589
2011#7,50210
2010#8,1399
2009#6,80212
2008#4,71420
2007#4,99618
2006#6,09413
2005#6,63411
2004#6,13812
2003#9,5816
2002#10,6675
2001#8,3397
2000#6,8399
1999#5,65611
1998#8,4796
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993#5,36010
1992
1991
1990
1989#6,9416
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985
1984
1983#6,2385
1982
1981#4,9617
1980
1979
1978#5,7725
1977#5,1236
1976#5,5875
1975
1974#3,8378
1973
1972#3,9637
1971#4,3756
1970
1969#4,4045
1968
1967
1966#3,9485
1965#2,9828
1964#3,2827
1963#3,0448
1962#3,0418
1961#3,6526
1960#3,3377
1959#3,6196
1958#3,0338
1957#2,63110
1956#3,9425
1955#1,79119
1954#3,8275
1953#2,09914
1952#2,07314
1951#2,24612
1950#2,32111
1949#2,33711
1948#1,61121
1947#2,25112
1946#2,14312
1945#1,44521
1944#1,43822
1943#1,43124
1942#1,42124
1941#1,37224
1940#1,28827
1939#1,57818
1938#1,61318
1937#1,21230
1936#1,14233
1935#1,12334
1934#1,21330
1933#1,28127
1932#93748
1931#1,21732
1930#1,29930
1929#1,17335
1928#1,35329
1927#1,37229
1926#1,14439
1925#1,12139
1924#1,20436
1923#1,10142
1922#1,14039
1921#1,25234
1920#1,15738
1919#1,32129
1918#1,21133
1917#1,26429
1916#1,07236
1915#1,30626
1914#1,26022
1913#1,36515
1912#1,41712
1911
1910
1909
1908#1,2176
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five boys were named Orlin! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Orlin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 339 spots since 2024 (#4,200#4,539)
  • 159 spots since 2020 (#4,698#4,539)
  • 519 spots since 2015 (#5,058#4,539)
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1932 (#1,217#937)
  • Biggest drop: 344 spots in 1933 (#937#1,281)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1932 at #937 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1932
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,753
  • Highest: 1 in 21,753 boys born in 1932 were named Orlin (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.4% of all boys named Orlin (360) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,217 (1908)#1,217
1910s202#1,072 (1916)#1,277
1920s360#1,101 (1923)#1,202
1930s300#937 (1932)#1,262
1940s198#1,288 (1940)#1,674
1950s104#1,791 (1955)#2,758
1960s54#2,982 (1965)#3,461
1970s37#3,837 (1974)#4,776
1980s23#4,961 (1981)#6,215
1990s27#5,360 (1993)#6,498
2000s113#4,714 (2008)#7,080
2010s145#4,538 (2014)#6,247
2020s114#4,200 (2024)#5,140

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.

Orlin in 1923

boys
#1,101
42 births · 1 in 26,098 boys

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #1,101Orlin42
More about 1923

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 26,098 of them was named Orlin, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orlin
  1. #1,087Reece43
  2. #1,087Vernal43
  3. #1,087Wm43
  4. #1,101Orlin42
  5. #1,101Blake42
  6. #1,101Burnett42
  7. #1,101Douglass42
  8. #1,114Adolf41
  9. #1,114Alvah41
  10. #1,114Arland41

Tied with 12 names at #1,101; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923