Orris

Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,851 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to boys 95.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#779
1901 · 8 births
Debut · boys
1894
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
939
since 1894

Orris over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Orris has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #779, 1901boys
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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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1945—#2,7437
1944—#2,6338
1943—#2,18212
1942—#2,04213
1941—#2,08312
1940—#1,73616
1939—#2,6098
1938—#1,81815
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1935—#1,49421
1934—#1,65818
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1929—#1,61121
1928—#1,35329
1927—#1,69221
1926#4,8515#1,72020
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1924#4,4346#1,24634
1923#4,3766#1,23534
1922—#1,14039
1921#5,0995#1,19936
1920#4,9755#1,04544
1919—#1,29730
1918#4,2916#99645
1917#2,69311#1,20332
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1915#4,2745#1,15931
1914—#1,07328
1913—#1,17319
1912—#1,05919
1911—#1,3877
1910—#1,3147
1909—#1,2776
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Orris! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1894–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Orris is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #216 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,357 boysNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedINOhio: #463 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,598 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Orris, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#216 · 1 in 1,357
  2. Ohio#463 · 1 in 9,598

Best ever in a state: #138 in North Dakota, 1922.

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Ohio#46351 in 9,598
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See more about Orris
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 531 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #779)
  • Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1909 (#877 → #1,277)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1901 at #779 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1896–1918
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,308
  • Highest: 1 in 13,308 boys born in 1901 were named Orris (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 32.3% of all boys named Orris (303) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s13#826 (1896)#950
1900s41#779 (1901)#1,092
1910s244#996 (1918)#1,200
1920s303#1,045 (1920)#1,373
1930s163#1,387 (1932)#1,744
1940s104#1,736 (1940)#2,263
1950s45#2,822 (1957)#3,125
1960s16#3,559 (1967)#3,882
1970s0——
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1990s5#8,700 (1993)#8,700
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2020s5#12,330 (2022)#12,330

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.

Orris in 1918

girls
#4,291
6 births · 1 in 192,939 girls
boys
#996
45 births · 1 in 22,522 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #4,291Orris6

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #996Orris45
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 192,939 of them was named Orris, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orris
  1. #3,869Zelna7
  2. #3,869Zenia7
  3. #3,869Zonnie7
  4. #4,291Orris6
  5. #4,291Abby6
  6. #4,291Adelphia6
  7. #4,291Affie6
  8. #4,809Abie5
  9. #4,809Adalee5
  10. #4,809Addis5

Tied with 517 names at #4,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 22,522 of them was named Orris, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orris
  1. #986Oris46
  2. #986Rexford46
  3. #986Washington46
  4. #996Orris45
  5. #996Cliff45
  6. #996Colin45
  7. #996Curley45
  8. #1,012Audrey44
  9. #1,012Boris44
  10. #1,012Courtney44

Tied with 15 names at #996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →