Orrin

Where Orrin comes from

The dictionaries list Orrin as a given name — a male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1874
    Orrin Upshaw born
    American tug of war competitor
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1881
    Peak, #375
    20 babies named Orrin — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #604.
  5. 1934
    Orrin Hatch born
    American politician (1934–2022) – Former United States Senator and Former President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.
Namesakes
  • Orrin Hatch · American politician (1934–2022) – Former United States Senator and Former President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, 1934–2022
  • Orrin Upshaw · American tug of war competitor, 1874–1937
  • Orrin Keepnews · American record producer, 1923–2015
  • Orrin Evans · American musician, born 1976
  • Orrin Freeman · American photographer, 1830–1866

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.