Orin

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #1,852 for boys in 2025, 85 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1880 · 20 births
Debut · boys
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,283
since 1880

Orin over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #381, 1880boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,85285
2024—#2,23664
2023—#2,41656
2022—#1,73796
2021—#1,71095
2020#15,0885#1,79883
2019—#1,89978
2018—#1,77786
2017—#1,63097
2016—#1,76387
2015—#1,85379
2014—#1,82881
2013#16,5475#2,06565
2012#14,9626#1,83280
2011—#2,28456
2010—#2,32455
2009—#2,07766
2008—#2,40553
2007—#2,37254
2006—#2,93238
2005—#3,02234
2004—#2,64340
2003—#3,28028
2002—#2,40342
2001—#2,56237
2000—#2,57836
1999—#3,59121
1998—#2,39436
1997—#2,75028
1996—#3,20222
1995—#3,19121
1994—#2,39232
1993—#2,16236
1992—#1,95541
1991—#2,46928
1990—#1,84042
1989—#1,61549
1988—#1,87935
1987—#1,86434
1986—#1,61740
1985—#1,83432
1984—#1,72333
1983—#1,51640
1982—#1,62237
1981—#1,57738
1980—#1,85230
1979—#1,46441
1978—#1,87027
1977—#2,00824
1976—#1,42739
1975—#1,37840
1974—#1,54632
1973—#1,61229
1972—#1,41836
1971—#1,35239
1970—#1,17050
1969—#1,37634
1968—#1,21739
1967—#1,18140
1966—#1,29934
1965—#1,42929
1964—#1,51027
1963—#1,69522
1962—#1,34134
1961—#1,43931
1960—#1,72822
1959—#1,52227
1958—#1,34533
1957—#1,23440
1956—#1,23238
1955—#1,24037
1954—#1,43528
1953—#1,04648
1952—#1,09444
1951—#98451
1950—#1,03746
1949—#1,16337
1948—#1,01548
1947—#97553
1946—#89754
1945—#1,05637
1944—#88851
1943—#98047
1942—#79565
1941—#87652
1940—#92947
1939—#91646
1938—#89749
1937—#86950
1936—#94942
1935—#89450
1934—#86952
1933—#94644
1932—#78665
1931—#86954
1930—#74972
1929—#77169
1928—#89156
1927—#95153
1926—#69982
1925—#73079
1924—#65796
1923—#69886
1922—#74279
1921—#642100
1920—#592111
1919—#66387
1918—#63294
1917—#63388
1916—#574100
1915—#63783
1914—#67357
1913—#64847
1912—#65941
1911—#66722
1910—#75516
1909—#65317
1908—#68515
1907—#66415
1906—#45624
1905—#52519
1904—#68612
1903—#65612
1902—#68711
1901—#68310
1900—#74312
1899—#9286
1898—#54315
1897—#43819
1896—#59213
1895—#8727
1894—#63111
1893—#53813
1892—#54714
1891—#59710
1890—#8147
1889—#46416
1888—#58012
1887—#43815
1886—#6479
1885—#39920
1884—#41619
1883—#41218
1882—#46915
1881—#5959
1880—#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Orin was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Orin is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Orin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 384 spots since 2024 (#2,236 → #1,852)
  • 54 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #1,852)
  • 1 spot since 2015 (#1,853 → #1,852)
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1896 (#872 → #592)
  • Biggest drop: 385 spots in 1899 (#543 → #928)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #381 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,390
  • Highest: 1 in 5,390 boys born in 1885 were named Orin (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,095 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #381 in 1880, was only 1 in 5,525 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 12.9% of all boys named Orin (811) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s153#381 (1880)#480
1890s115#438 (1897)#650
1900s147#456 (1906)#644
1910s635#574 (1916)#654
1920s811#592 (1920)#737
1930s524#749 (1930)#874
1940s491#795 (1942)#957
1950s392#984 (1951)#1,217
1960s312#1,181 (1967)#1,422
1970s357#1,170 (1970)#1,525
1980s368#1,516 (1983)#1,710
1990s307#1,840 (1990)#2,595
2000s428#2,077 (2009)#2,627
2010s764#1,630 (2017)#1,926
2020s479#1,710 (2021)#1,958

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.

Orin in 1909

boys
#653
17 births · 1 in 9,647 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #653Orin17
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 9,647 of them was named Orin, which outranked 61.1% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orin
  1. #636Rollie18
  2. #636Santos18
  3. #636Vester18
  4. #653Orin17
  5. #653Alberto17
  6. #653Albin17
  7. #653Alma17
  8. #679Abel16
  9. #679Alfonzo16
  10. #679Alvie16

Tied with 25 names at #653; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →