Orel
- Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Given to boys 80.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 562since 1883
Orel over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
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| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
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| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,224 | 14 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #1,811 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #1,652 | 22 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,013 | 46 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
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| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Orel! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Orel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Orel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Orel
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 1,654 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #10,695)
- 1,127 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #892 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,238
- Highest: 1 in 20,238 boys born in 1891 were named Orel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #892 in 1883, was only 1 in 20,925 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 21.7% of all boys named Orel (122) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1919
- Mostly girls until 1918, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #892 (1883) | #892 |
| 1890s | 5 | #963 (1891) | #963 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,239 |
| 1910s | 122 | #1,304 (1916) | #1,827 |
| 1920s | 105 | #1,727 (1924) | #2,678 |
| 1930s | 72 | #2,479 (1937) | #2,803 |
| 1940s | 29 | #2,563 (1943) | #3,364 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,988 (1959) | #3,988 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 7 | #4,554 (1978) | #4,554 |
| 1980s | 21 | #4,271 (1989) | #4,529 |
| 1990s | 54 | #4,673 (1990) | #6,789 |
| 2000s | 70 | #6,088 (2002) | #8,766 |
| 2010s | 31 | #9,568 (2015) | #10,583 |
| 2020s | 24 | #8,825 (2021) | #11,027 |
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.
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