Meaning not yet researched.
Oran: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 19 in 2025. Its best rank was #486 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #486 in 1901; #5,153 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Oran in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,153 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #486.
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Oran: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 19 boys in 2025. Peak: #486 in 1901 · most boys in one year: 104 (1922).
In 2025, 19 US boys were named Oran, making it the 5,153rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 147 places from #5,006 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 20 boys named Oran in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #486, reached in 1901. The most boys given the name in a single year was 104, in 1922. For comparison, it was #4,511 in 2015 and #1,118 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Oran in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 14 babies. In all, 4,447 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 839 babies named Oran.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 189 US boys were named Oran; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 27. In 2025 that was about 1 in 89,899 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Orion (23,750 babies since 1880), Oren (9,547 babies since 1880), Orin (6,299 babies since 1880) and Orrin (5,985 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Oran in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 19 | #5,153 |
| 2024 | — | — | 20 | #5,006 |
| 2023 | — | — | 17 | #5,604 |
| 2022 | — | — | 17 | #5,577 |
| 2021 | — | — | 27 | #3,980 |
| 2020 | — | — | 15 | #5,900 |
| 2019 | — | — | 16 | #5,734 |
| 2018 | — | — | 15 | #5,969 |
| 2017 | — | — | 20 | #4,887 |
| 2016 | — | — | 23 | #4,432 |
| 2015 | — | — | 22 | #4,511 |
| 2014 | — | — | 29 | #3,669 |
| 2013 | — | — | 20 | #4,754 |
| 2012 | — | — | 15 | #5,909 |
| 2011 | — | — | 28 | #3,763 |
| 2010 | — | — | 15 | #5,958 |
| 2009 | — | — | 23 | #4,392 |
| 2008 | — | — | 22 | #4,498 |
| 2007 | — | — | 18 | #5,152 |
| 2006 | — | — | 22 | #4,332 |
| 2005 | — | — | 24 | #3,909 |
| 2004 | — | — | 15 | #5,422 |
| 2003 | — | — | 23 | #3,815 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,880 |
| 2001 | — | — | 20 | #4,075 |
| 2000 | — | — | 12 | #5,817 |
| 1999 | — | — | 21 | #3,672 |
| 1998 | — | — | 15 | #4,581 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,616 |
| 1996 | — | — | 16 | #4,136 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #5,034 |
| 1994 | — | — | 20 | #3,429 |
| 1993 | — | — | 18 | #3,606 |
| 1992 | — | — | 21 | #3,181 |
| 1991 | — | — | 17 | #3,585 |
| 1990 | — | — | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1989 | — | — | 27 | #2,452 |
| 1988 | — | — | 17 | #3,173 |
| 1987 | — | — | 26 | #2,253 |
| 1986 | — | — | 16 | #3,092 |
| 1985 | — | — | 19 | #2,676 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,418 |
| 1983 | — | — | 9 | #4,395 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,153 |
| 1981 | — | — | 17 | #2,749 |
| 1980 | — | — | 17 | #2,808 |
| 1979 | — | — | 24 | #2,141 |
| 1978 | — | — | 19 | #2,451 |
| 1977 | — | — | 21 | #2,250 |
| 1976 | — | — | 23 | #2,095 |
| 1975 | — | — | 23 | #2,046 |
| 1974 | — | — | 26 | #1,821 |
| 1973 | — | — | 26 | #1,767 |
| 1972 | — | — | 19 | #2,136 |
| 1971 | — | — | 17 | #2,346 |
| 1970 | — | — | 32 | #1,512 |
| 1969 | — | — | 23 | #1,757 |
| 1968 | — | — | 29 | #1,473 |
| 1967 | — | — | 23 | #1,638 |
| 1966 | — | — | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1965 | — | — | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1964 | — | — | 26 | #1,565 |
| 1963 | — | — | 21 | #1,778 |
| 1962 | — | — | 24 | #1,660 |
| 1961 | — | — | 23 | #1,723 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,456 |
| 1959 | — | — | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1958 | — | — | 39 | #1,248 |
| 1957 | — | — | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,409 |
| 1955 | — | — | 41 | #1,178 |
| 1954 | — | — | 37 | #1,237 |
| 1953 | — | — | 43 | #1,133 |
| 1952 | — | — | 35 | #1,265 |
| 1951 | — | — | 33 | #1,289 |
| 1950 | — | — | 41 | #1,118 |
| 1949 | — | — | 50 | #993 |
| 1948 | — | — | 43 | #1,089 |
| 1947 | — | — | 44 | #1,106 |
| 1946 | — | — | 46 | #1,012 |
| 1945 | — | — | 36 | #1,100 |
| 1944 | — | — | 50 | #904 |
| 1943 | — | — | 55 | #906 |
| 1942 | — | — | 57 | #873 |
| 1941 | — | — | 51 | #893 |
| 1940 | — | — | 39 | #1,047 |
| 1939 | — | — | 48 | #903 |
| 1938 | — | — | 26 | #1,331 |
| 1937 | — | — | 36 | #1,089 |
| 1936 | — | — | 54 | #831 |
| 1935 | — | — | 53 | #866 |
| 1934 | — | — | 63 | #785 |
| 1933 | — | — | 53 | #858 |
| 1932 | — | — | 57 | #849 |
| 1931 | — | — | 61 | #806 |
| 1930 | — | — | 69 | #774 |
| 1929 | — | — | 62 | #834 |
| 1928 | — | — | 60 | #861 |
| 1927 | — | — | 85 | #706 |
| 1926 | — | — | 86 | #687 |
| 1925 | — | — | 86 | #700 |
| 1924 | — | — | 86 | #714 |
| 1923 | — | — | 90 | #679 |
| 1922 | — | — | 104 | #636 |
| 1921 | — | — | 96 | #663 |
| 1920 | — | — | 84 | #711 |
| 1919 | — | — | 88 | #661 |
| 1918 | — | — | 74 | #751 |
| 1917 | — | — | 81 | #666 |
| 1916 | — | — | 81 | #655 |
| 1915 | — | — | 76 | #670 |
| 1914 | — | — | 65 | #630 |
| 1913 | — | — | 58 | #576 |
| 1912 | — | — | 39 | #687 |
| 1911 | — | — | 19 | #750 |
| 1910 | — | — | 19 | #697 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #883 |
| 1908 | — | — | 21 | #562 |
| 1907 | — | — | 11 | #850 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #673 |
| 1905 | — | — | 20 | #518 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #798 |
| 1903 | — | — | 13 | #647 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #722 |
| 1901 | — | — | 17 | #486 |
| 1900 | — | — | 12 | #769 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,161 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #562 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #610 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #711 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #635 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #772 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #747 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #737 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #929 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,113 |
| 1889 | — | — | 8 | #772 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #893 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #667 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #932 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #742 |
| 1883 | — | — | 11 | #582 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #916 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #759 |
| 1880 | — | — | 14 | #497 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).