Orson
#1,425 for boys in 2025, 126 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,714since 1880
Orson over time
Rank among boys' names. Orson has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,425 | 126 |
| 2024 | #1,487 | 121 |
| 2023 | #1,397 | 132 |
| 2022 | #1,433 | 127 |
| 2021 | #1,678 | 98 |
| 2020 | #1,568 | 104 |
| 2019 | #1,582 | 105 |
| 2018 | #2,189 | 63 |
| 2017 | #1,958 | 73 |
| 2016 | #1,724 | 90 |
| 2015 | #2,112 | 66 |
| 2014 | #2,402 | 53 |
| 2013 | #2,763 | 42 |
| 2012 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | #3,235 | 34 |
| 2010 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,126 | 19 |
| 1970 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,846 | 18 |
| 1925 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #527 | 12 |
| 1882 | #652 | 9 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Orson was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Orson is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#737 · 1 in 4,100
- Minnesota#807 · 1 in 4,900
- Colorado#849 · 1 in 5,370
- Arizona#927 · 1 in 6,545
- Virginia#1,089 · 1 in 7,451
Best ever in a state: #115 in Utah, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| New York | #1,119 | 10 | 1 in 8,442 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| California | #1,508 | 11 | 1 in 15,952 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Orson
- 62 spots since 2024 (#1,487 → #1,425)
- 143 spots since 2020 (#1,568 → #1,425)
- 687 spots since 2015 (#2,112 → #1,425)
- Biggest jump: 624 spots in 1913 (#1,619 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 613 spots in 1914 (#995 → #1,608)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #527 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1880–1888
- Highest: 1 in 8,719 boys born in 1883 were named Orson (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,556 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 26.1% of all boys named Orson (708) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 65 | #527 (1883) | #767 |
| 1890s | 39 | #826 (1896) | #910 |
| 1900s | 7 | #858 (1901) | #858 |
| 1910s | 184 | #995 (1913) | #1,414 |
| 1920s | 179 | #1,460 (1923) | #1,971 |
| 1930s | 126 | #1,712 (1939) | #2,121 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,433 (1940) | #2,104 |
| 1950s | 139 | #1,724 (1958) | #2,223 |
| 1960s | 111 | #1,957 (1963) | #2,635 |
| 1970s | 146 | #1,794 (1970) | #2,831 |
| 1980s | 89 | #3,256 (1980) | #4,415 |
| 1990s | 61 | #5,521 (1991) | #6,722 |
| 2000s | 138 | #4,243 (2007) | #6,051 |
| 2010s | 585 | #1,582 (2019) | #2,512 |
| 2020s | 708 | #1,397 (2023) | #1,498 |
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.
Orson in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
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1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 13,556 of them was named Orson, which outranked 89.8% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #1,421Freddy127
- #1,421Gonzalo127
- #1,421Uziel127
- #1,425Orson126
- #1,425Aleksander126
- #1,425Cristopher126
- #1,425Dev126
- #1,436Darien125
- #1,436Finnick125
- #1,436Giancarlo125
Tied with 10 names at #1,425; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.