Oris

Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,767 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 87.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1897 · 10 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,661
since 1891

Oris over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #1,956, 1911peak #681, 1897girlsboys
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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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2024—#10,9386
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1997—#8,1106
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1993—#8,7005
1992—#7,4226
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1989—#6,9416
1988—#7,2705
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1985—#5,7856
1984—#6,3155
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1982—#5,0037
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1979—#5,3556
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1977—#4,5827
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1974—#3,5589
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1972—#4,9865
1971—#2,55814
1970—#3,8367
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1968—#2,31113
1967—#2,47011
1966—#2,9868
1965—#2,47611
1964#6,7675#2,8549
1963—#2,20014
1962#6,5785#2,50411
1961—#2,32213
1960—#2,42312
1959—#2,11115
1958—#2,64210
1957—#3,0248
1956—#2,09115
1955—#2,04815
1954—#2,7439
1953—#1,55124
1952#5,5635#1,85617
1951#5,4145#1,77418
1950—#2,20712
1949—#2,12313
1948—#2,32611
1947—#1,78618
1946—#1,69218
1945—#1,77215
1944—#1,31126
1943#4,1966#2,40510
1942—#1,33427
1941—#1,48521
1940—#1,62718
1939—#1,39023
1938#2,9409#1,39723
1937#4,2555#1,31326
1936—#1,32625
1935—#1,16532
1934—#1,38624
1933#3,7536#1,25128
1932#3,2748#1,35626
1931#3,8486#1,25330
1930#3,3458#1,21534
1929#2,58712#1,02644
1928#4,1956#1,18836
1927#2,33915#1,06044
1926#2,56913#1,19236
1925#3,6648#97349
1924#3,14410#1,04546
1923#2,73212#1,07644
1922#4,0117#1,08442
1921#2,94111#96253
1920#3,5988#1,11940
1919—#97348
1918#3,5128#98646
1917#2,69311#94646
1916#2,49812#98442
1915#3,1348#80457
1914#2,26510#90736
1913#2,8276#85532
1912—#81629
1911#1,9567#1,2908
1910—#92812
1909—#1,1557
1908—#9469
1907—#1,3455
1906—#1,2535
1905—#1,0916
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1901—#7798
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1898—#1,0026
1897—#68110
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five boys were named Oris! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Oris is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedKSArkansas: #352 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,703 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Oris, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#352 · 1 in 2,703

Best ever in a state: #318 in Kentucky, 1917.

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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 Oris
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 474 spots in 1912 (#1,290 → #816)
  • Biggest drop: 362 spots in 1911 (#928 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1897 at #681 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1900, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1912–1919
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,276
  • Highest: 1 in 11,276 boys born in 1897 were named Oris (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.1% of all boys named Oris (434) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s33#681 (1897)#915
1900s45#779 (1901)#1,101
1910s356#804 (1915)#949
1920s434#962 (1921)#1,073
1930s271#1,165 (1935)#1,305
1940s177#1,311 (1944)#1,786
1950s143#1,551 (1953)#2,205
1960s102#2,200 (1963)#2,505
1970s48#2,558 (1971)#4,146
1980s29#5,003 (1982)#6,263
1990s17#7,422 (1992)#8,077
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s6#10,938 (2024)#10,938

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.

Oris in 1918

girls
#3,512
8 births · 1 in 144,704 girls
boys
#986
46 births · 1 in 22,032 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. #3,512Oris8

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. #986Oris46
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 144,704 of them was named Oris, which outranked 37.1% 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 Oris
  1. #3,244Zara9
  2. #3,244Zennie9
  3. #3,244Zilphia9
  4. #3,512Oris8
  5. #3,512Adalyn8
  6. #3,512Akiko8
  7. #3,512Alaine8
  8. #3,869Aaron7
  9. #3,869Adrianna7
  10. #3,869Aileene7

Tied with 356 names at #3,512; 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 22,032 of them was named Oris, which outranked 79.5% 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 Oris
  1. #975Toney47
  2. #975Waldemar47
  3. #975Winifred47
  4. #986Oris46
  5. #986Art46
  6. #986Damon46
  7. #986Donovan46
  8. #996Cliff45
  9. #996Colin45
  10. #996Curley45

Tied with 9 names at #986; 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 →