Meaning not yet researched.
Orson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 126 in 2025. Its best rank was #549 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #549 in 1883; #1,433 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Orson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,433 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #549.
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Orson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 126 boys in 2025. Peak: #549 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 132 (2023).
In 2025, 126 US boys were named Orson, making it the 1,433rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 59 places from #1,492 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 121 boys named Orson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #549, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 132, in 2023. For comparison, it was #2,126 in 2015 and #2,003 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Orson in 129 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 2,714 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 708 babies named Orson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,039 US boys were named Orson; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 132. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,556 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Orson ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #789 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Orsen are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Orsen (21).
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 Orson 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 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 8 | #789 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #903 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #928 | — |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,007 | — |
| New York | 10 | #1,189 | #2,024 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,213 | — |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,219 | — |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,420 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,434 | — |
| California | 11 | #1,556 | #1,999 |
| Texas | 9 | #1,864 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 126 | #1,433 |
| 2024 | — | — | 121 | #1,492 |
| 2023 | — | — | 132 | #1,400 |
| 2022 | — | — | 127 | #1,437 |
| 2021 | — | — | 98 | #1,684 |
| 2020 | — | — | 104 | #1,573 |
| 2019 | — | — | 105 | #1,589 |
| 2018 | — | — | 63 | #2,202 |
| 2017 | — | — | 73 | #1,968 |
| 2016 | — | — | 90 | #1,735 |
| 2015 | — | — | 66 | #2,126 |
| 2014 | — | — | 53 | #2,420 |
| 2013 | — | — | 42 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | — | — | 31 | #3,506 |
| 2011 | — | — | 34 | #3,287 |
| 2010 | — | — | 28 | #3,780 |
| 2009 | — | — | 23 | #4,394 |
| 2008 | — | — | 18 | #5,202 |
| 2007 | — | — | 23 | #4,330 |
| 2006 | — | — | 14 | #6,011 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #6,127 |
| 2004 | — | — | 7 | #9,674 |
| 2003 | — | — | 11 | #6,605 |
| 2002 | — | — | 12 | #5,976 |
| 2001 | — | — | 9 | #7,356 |
| 2000 | — | — | 8 | #7,989 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,679 |
| 1998 | — | — | 7 | #8,212 |
| 1997 | — | — | 7 | #7,898 |
| 1996 | — | — | 8 | #6,943 |
| 1995 | — | — | 7 | #7,577 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,808 |
| 1991 | — | — | 9 | #5,813 |
| 1990 | — | — | 7 | #6,961 |
| 1989 | — | — | 6 | #7,651 |
| 1988 | — | — | 14 | #3,653 |
| 1987 | — | — | 7 | #5,921 |
| 1986 | — | — | 11 | #4,055 |
| 1985 | — | — | 7 | #5,585 |
| 1983 | — | — | 10 | #4,068 |
| 1982 | — | — | 9 | #4,491 |
| 1981 | — | — | 12 | #3,551 |
| 1980 | — | — | 13 | #3,381 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,508 |
| 1978 | — | — | 12 | #3,347 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,534 |
| 1976 | — | — | 18 | #2,480 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,865 |
| 1974 | — | — | 19 | #2,255 |
| 1973 | — | — | 9 | #3,621 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,872 |
| 1971 | — | — | 19 | #2,185 |
| 1970 | — | — | 24 | #1,835 |
| 1969 | — | — | 15 | #2,282 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #3,035 |
| 1967 | — | — | 8 | #3,171 |
| 1966 | — | — | 13 | #2,308 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,919 |
| 1963 | — | — | 17 | #2,021 |
| 1962 | — | — | 11 | #2,633 |
| 1961 | — | — | 10 | #2,841 |
| 1960 | — | — | 8 | #3,262 |
| 1959 | — | — | 8 | #3,215 |
| 1958 | — | — | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1957 | — | — | 17 | #2,001 |
| 1956 | — | — | 19 | #1,873 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,138 |
| 1954 | — | — | 14 | #2,187 |
| 1953 | — | — | 11 | #2,496 |
| 1952 | — | — | 13 | #2,226 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,223 |
| 1950 | — | — | 15 | #2,003 |
| 1949 | — | — | 12 | #2,305 |
| 1948 | — | — | 8 | #2,949 |
| 1947 | — | — | 14 | #2,145 |
| 1946 | — | — | 18 | #1,740 |
| 1945 | — | — | 16 | #1,746 |
| 1944 | — | — | 18 | #1,666 |
| 1943 | — | — | 9 | #2,688 |
| 1942 | — | — | 7 | #3,137 |
| 1941 | — | — | 13 | #2,064 |
| 1940 | — | — | 22 | #1,460 |
| 1939 | — | — | 16 | #1,774 |
| 1938 | — | — | 9 | #2,602 |
| 1937 | — | — | 11 | #2,298 |
| 1936 | — | — | 13 | #2,039 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,883 |
| 1934 | — | — | 16 | #1,835 |
| 1933 | — | — | 12 | #2,188 |
| 1932 | — | — | 11 | #2,430 |
| 1931 | — | — | 17 | #1,818 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,267 |
| 1929 | — | — | 16 | #1,983 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #3,089 |
| 1926 | — | — | 18 | #1,890 |
| 1925 | — | — | 19 | #1,854 |
| 1924 | — | — | 26 | #1,523 |
| 1923 | — | — | 26 | #1,485 |
| 1922 | — | — | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1921 | — | — | 11 | #2,754 |
| 1920 | — | — | 18 | #1,943 |
| 1919 | — | — | 29 | #1,342 |
| 1918 | — | — | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1917 | — | — | 22 | #1,570 |
| 1916 | — | — | 21 | #1,583 |
| 1915 | — | — | 24 | #1,398 |
| 1914 | — | — | 15 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | — | — | 25 | #1,018 |
| 1912 | — | — | 10 | #1,710 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,357 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,391 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #921 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,163 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #967 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #877 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #956 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #932 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,087 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #894 |
| 1887 | — | — | 6 | #892 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,069 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #910 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #943 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #549 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #684 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #760 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #788 |
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).