Orin Boy
How popular is Orin?
#1,852 boy name in 2025
85 baby boys were named Orin in the US in 2025, making it the 1852nd most popular boy name.
Orin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,852 for boys (▲ 384 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 85 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,853 in 2015, #1,798 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (111 boys) |
| Highest rank | #381 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Orin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Oren family of names ranked #701 for boys in 2025 (#799 the year before), with 356 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Orin is most popular
Babies named Orin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Orin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 153 | #381 |
| 1890s | 115 | #438 |
| 1900s | 147 | #456 |
| 1910s | 635 | #574 |
| 1920s | 811 | #592 |
| 1930s | 524 | #749 |
| 1940s | 491 | #795 |
| 1950s | 392 | #983 |
| 1960s | 312 | #1,180 |
| 1970s | 357 | #1,170 |
| 1980s | 368 | #1,515 |
| 1990s | 307 | #1,835 |
| 2000s | 428 | #2,076 |
| 2010s | 764 | #1,630 |
| 2020s | 479 | #1,710 |
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Questions
- Is Orin a boy or girl name?
- Orin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Orin were boys.
- How popular is the name Orin?
- 85 baby boys were named Orin in the US in 2025, making it the 1852nd most popular boy name.
- When was Orin most popular?
- Orin peaked in 1920, when 111 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #381 in 1880.
- How many people are named Orin?
- 6,299 babies have been named Orin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,498 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Orin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Orin was most common in Kansas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.