Orrin

#2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births

Peak · boys
1881 · 20 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,985
since 1880

Orrin over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #375, 1881boys
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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#2,25862
2024#2,63750
2023#2,38757
2022#2,35560
2021#2,37357
2020#2,26460
2019#2,12967
2018#1,99473
2017#2,09166
2016#2,43752
2015#1,80483
2014#2,51649
2013#2,09064
2012#2,04967
2011#2,26157
2010#2,35454
2009#2,05067
2008#1,96972
2007#2,25758
2006#2,65944
2005#2,65341
2004#2,37647
2003#2,62038
2002#2,81733
2001#2,30643
2000#2,47638
1999#3,83419
1998#2,34937
1997#2,44933
1996#2,25436
1995#2,34633
1994#2,18137
1993#1,96941
1992#1,67751
1991#1,72547
1990#1,56453
1989#1,56751
1988#1,64543
1987#1,50647
1986#1,29956
1985#1,69836
1984#1,45843
1983#1,44843
1982#1,46443
1981#1,62936
1980#1,85230
1979#1,99126
1978#2,27920
1977#1,90426
1976#2,24520
1975#2,06522
1974#2,27718
1973#2,21618
1972#1,92822
1971#2,46415
1970#1,98920
1969#1,44031
1968#1,89418
1967#1,54025
1966#1,04349
1965#1,55925
1964#1,12646
1963#1,08150
1962#1,05652
1961#94066
1960#1,17844
1959#1,41631
1958#1,32134
1957#1,07550
1956#1,20340
1955#1,37031
1954#1,40829
1953#1,24536
1952#98153
1951#1,24235
1950#98949
1949#1,06344
1948#1,17337
1947#1,00051
1946#89055
1945#86452
1944#97444
1943#85660
1942#82162
1941#80761
1940#71872
1939#86750
1938#1,04338
1937#89648
1936#98940
1935#1,07836
1934#88850
1933#93745
1932#95247
1931#93948
1930#88556
1929#78867
1928#89156
1927#87260
1926#80367
1925#77971
1924#84965
1923#67490
1922#75477
1921#80072
1920#70584
1919#70479
1918#62895
1917#63388
1916#60094
1915#57298
1914#60968
1913#59754
1912#63543
1911#92513
1910#67719
1909#1,0209
1908#1,2176
1907#77812
1906#75211
1905#9198
1904#8109
1903#1,0096
1902#1,1375
1901#59612
1900#83610
1899#48116
1898#57314
1897#51515
1896#7789
1895#64011
1894#52115
1893#1,0355
1892#64111
1891#52412
1890#45816
1889#48215
1888#48416
1887#51612
1886#49114
1885#60410
1884#52013
1883#55611
1882#37722
1881#37520
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Orrin was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Orrin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 379 spots since 2024 (#2,637#2,258)
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#2,264#2,258)
  • 454 spots since 2015 (#1,804#2,258)
  • Biggest jump: 514 spots in 1894 (#1,035#521)
  • Biggest drop: 541 spots in 1902 (#596#1,137)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #375 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1910–1934
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,037
  • Highest: 1 in 5,037 boys born in 1881 were named Orrin (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 11.8% of all boys named Orrin (709) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s142#375 (1881)#505
1890s124#458 (1890)#617
1900s88#596 (1901)#907
1910s651#572 (1915)#658
1920s709#674 (1923)#792
1930s458#867 (1939)#947
1940s538#718 (1940)#917
1950s388#981 (1952)#1,225
1960s406#940 (1961)#1,286
1970s207#1,904 (1977)#2,136
1980s428#1,299 (1986)#1,557
1990s387#1,564 (1990)#2,235
2000s481#1,969 (2008)#2,418
2010s632#1,804 (2015)#2,173
2020s346#2,258 (2025)#2,379

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.

Orrin in 1945

boys
#864
52 births · 1 in 25,882 boys

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #864Orrin52
More about 1945

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 25,882 of them was named Orrin, which outranked 77.2% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orrin
  1. #860Geary53
  2. #860Lawrance53
  3. #860Maxie53
  4. #864Orrin52
  5. #864Dorothy52
  6. #864Erick52
  7. #864General52
  8. #884Beverly51
  9. #884Blake51
  10. #884Clarance51

Tied with 19 names at #864; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945