Orion Boy
How popular is Orion?
#334 boy name in 2025
1,012 baby boys were named Orion in the US in 2025, making it the 334th most popular boy name. Another 18 girls got the name (#6,324 for girls).
Orion popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #334 for boys (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,012 boys, 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #367 in 2015, #325 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (1,152 boys) |
| Highest rank | #300 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Orion counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Orion family of names ranked #316 for boys in 2025 (#302 the year before), with 1,072 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Orion | 1,012 | 94% |
| Oryan | 36 | 3% |
| Orian | 15 | 1% |
| Orien | 9 | 1% |
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 Orion is most popular
Babies named Orion per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 3.4 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Hawaii: 2.1 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.9 per 1,000 (64 boys)
- Oregon: 1.8 per 1,000 (139 boys)
- Colorado: 1.4 per 1,000 (182 boys)
Orion by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 34 | #789 |
| 1890s | 49 | #518 |
| 1900s | 37 | #1,049 |
| 1910s | 192 | #1,207 |
| 1920s | 281 | #1,157 |
| 1930s | 154 | #1,489 |
| 1940s | 121 | #1,367 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,014 |
| 1960s | 82 | #1,976 |
| 1970s | 500 | #984 |
| 1980s | 733 | #965 |
| 1990s | 1,852 | #538 |
| 2000s | 4,367 | #521 |
| 2010s | 8,595 | #300 |
| 2020s | 6,039 | #314 |
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Questions
- Is Orion a boy or girl name?
- Orion is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Orion were boys.
- How popular is the name Orion?
- 1,012 baby boys were named Orion in the US in 2025, making it the 334th most popular boy name. Another 18 girls got the name (#6,324 for girls).
- When was Orion most popular?
- Orion peaked in 2018, when 1,152 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #300 in 2018.
- How many people are named Orion?
- 23,750 babies have been named Orion in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,644 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Orion most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Orion was most common in Alaska, at 3.4 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.