Meaning not yet researched.
Orion: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,012 in 2025. Its best rank was #300 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #300 in 2018; #334 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Orion in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#334 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #300.
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Orion: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,012 boys in 2025. Peak: #300 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 1,152 (2018).
In 2025, 1,012 US boys were named Orion, making it the 334th most common boys’ name of the year, down 9 places from #325 in 2024. That is 53 fewer than the 1,065 boys named Orion in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #300, reached in 2018. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,152. For comparison, it was #367 in 2015 and #2,540 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Orion in 128 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 23,750 US babies have been given the name, 2.7% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 8,832 babies named Orion.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,363 US boys were named Orion; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 1,152. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,688 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Orion ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #126 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Oren (9,547 babies since 1880), Ori (1,966 babies since 1880), Orin (6,299 babies since 1880) and Orrin (5,985 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Oryan, Orren and Orian are summarised on this page.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Oryan (1,130), Orren (925), Orian (816), Orien (550), Urian (289), Oryn (215), Orine (167), Oryon (122), Orean (118), Oron (83), Oriane (54), Orryn (20), and more.
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 Orion in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 33 | #126 | #179 |
| Alaska | 7 | #135 | #145 |
| New Mexico | 13 | #158 | #200 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #193 | — |
| Colorado | 36 | #195 | #244 |
| Washington | 40 | #206 | #247 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #222 | — |
| Indiana | 37 | #228 | #472 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #244 | #222 |
| California | 152 | #245 | #298 |
| Idaho | 11 | #247 | — |
| Arizona | 33 | #247 | #280 |
| Maryland | 21 | #264 | #481 |
| Nevada | 11 | #293 | #265 |
| Virginia | 26 | #325 | #323 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #327 | #227 |
| Tennessee | 26 | #344 | #493 |
| Kansas | 11 | #345 | #653 |
| Arkansas | 10 | #347 | #527 |
| North Carolina | 34 | #347 | #452 |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #351 | #253 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | #352 | #327 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #353 | #323 |
| Iowa | 10 | #366 | #497 |
| Florida | 54 | #366 | #378 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #371 | #785 |
| New York | 47 | #379 | #375 |
| Utah | 12 | #400 | #357 |
| Missouri | 16 | #414 | #457 |
| Texas | 84 | #416 | #434 |
| Georgia | 27 | #423 | #563 |
| Ohio | 25 | #432 | #527 |
| Illinois | 25 | #439 | #573 |
| New Jersey | 18 | #443 | #610 |
| Michigan | 19 | #453 | #498 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #457 | #309 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #479 | — |
| Louisiana | 8 | #577 | #693 |
| Alabama | 7 | #668 | #681 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #690 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #839 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,491 | 1,012 | #334 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,452 | 1,065 | #325 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,509 | 869 | #373 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,937 | 1,021 | #332 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,785 | 1,056 | #314 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,974 | 1,016 | #325 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,871 | 1,077 | #313 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,218 | 1,152 | #300 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,289 | 1,023 | #335 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,413 | 1,072 | #324 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,983 | 877 | #367 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,589 | 821 | #381 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,464 | 759 | #395 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,288 | 679 | #419 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,524 | 574 | #471 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,114 | 561 | #467 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,485 | 519 | #524 |
| 2008 | 16 | #8,017 | 496 | #535 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,411 | 469 | #549 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,601 | 486 | #527 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,732 | 427 | #558 |
| 2004 | 14 | #8,125 | 418 | #551 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,126 | 399 | #562 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,691 | 367 | #584 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,892 | 404 | #540 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,063 | 382 | #554 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,988 | 377 | #541 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,905 | 372 | #539 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,608 | 195 | #765 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,271 | 185 | #788 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,421 | 168 | #831 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,425 | 148 | #895 |
| 1993 | 8 | #10,285 | 108 | #1,076 |
| 1992 | — | — | 92 | #1,154 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,732 | 117 | #994 |
| 1990 | — | — | 90 | #1,142 |
| 1989 | — | — | 89 | #1,126 |
| 1988 | — | — | 78 | #1,139 |
| 1987 | — | — | 83 | #1,051 |
| 1986 | — | — | 56 | #1,313 |
| 1985 | — | — | 64 | #1,177 |
| 1984 | — | — | 72 | #1,058 |
| 1983 | — | — | 76 | #1,018 |
| 1982 | — | — | 87 | #967 |
| 1981 | — | — | 67 | #1,123 |
| 1980 | — | — | 61 | #1,173 |
| 1979 | — | — | 81 | #987 |
| 1978 | — | — | 66 | #1,074 |
| 1977 | — | — | 67 | #1,061 |
| 1976 | — | — | 57 | #1,140 |
| 1975 | — | — | 58 | #1,111 |
| 1974 | — | — | 54 | #1,119 |
| 1973 | — | — | 35 | #1,451 |
| 1972 | — | — | 38 | #1,384 |
| 1971 | — | — | 32 | #1,549 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,838 |
| 1969 | — | — | 18 | #2,029 |
| 1968 | — | — | 14 | #2,275 |
| 1967 | — | — | 8 | #3,169 |
| 1966 | — | — | 13 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | — | — | 5 | #4,289 |
| 1963 | — | — | 7 | #3,564 |
| 1962 | — | — | 10 | #2,797 |
| 1960 | — | — | 7 | #3,562 |
| 1958 | — | — | 9 | #2,971 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,777 |
| 1956 | — | — | 16 | #2,071 |
| 1954 | — | — | 11 | #2,562 |
| 1953 | — | — | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1952 | — | — | 6 | #3,633 |
| 1951 | — | — | 11 | #2,463 |
| 1950 | — | — | 10 | #2,540 |
| 1949 | — | — | 9 | #2,749 |
| 1948 | — | — | 11 | #2,410 |
| 1947 | — | — | 8 | #3,033 |
| 1946 | — | — | 7 | #3,103 |
| 1945 | — | — | 13 | #1,993 |
| 1944 | — | — | 6 | #3,349 |
| 1943 | — | — | 26 | #1,393 |
| 1942 | — | — | 17 | #1,783 |
| 1941 | — | — | 15 | #1,876 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,622 |
| 1939 | — | — | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1938 | — | — | 12 | #2,153 |
| 1937 | — | — | 10 | #2,436 |
| 1936 | — | — | 14 | #1,943 |
| 1935 | — | — | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1934 | — | — | 16 | #1,834 |
| 1933 | — | — | 15 | #1,888 |
| 1932 | — | — | 16 | #1,900 |
| 1931 | — | — | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1930 | — | — | 20 | #1,681 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,772 |
| 1928 | — | — | 29 | #1,373 |
| 1927 | — | — | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1926 | — | — | 22 | #1,646 |
| 1925 | — | — | 27 | #1,443 |
| 1924 | — | — | 30 | #1,373 |
| 1923 | — | — | 38 | #1,171 |
| 1922 | — | — | 27 | #1,461 |
| 1921 | — | — | 32 | #1,317 |
| 1920 | — | — | 33 | #1,269 |
| 1919 | — | — | 34 | #1,224 |
| 1918 | — | — | 26 | #1,436 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,138 | 31 | #1,234 |
| 1916 | — | — | 25 | #1,405 |
| 1915 | — | — | 28 | #1,258 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,590 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,487 |
| 1912 | — | — | 11 | #1,596 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,500 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,237 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,330 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,300 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,197 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,350 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,137 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,162 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #966 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #611 |
| 1896 | — | — | 16 | #530 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #852 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #864 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,007 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #891 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,067 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,058 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,025 |
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).