Orange — boys' name

What the Data Says About Orange

The Social Security Administration has registered 598 babies named Orange between 1881 and 1971, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orange currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orange performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Orange shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Orange in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orange in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 598 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.