Boys' name · since 1913
Orby
151 babies named Orby in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,707 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 151
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Orby is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 151 have been recorded since 1913.
Orby has 151 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1947.
- #14,707 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 151 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orby ranks #14,707 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 151 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,707 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 151
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Orby's 151 recorded births place it above 67.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Orby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Orby's full recorded timeline at 1926, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Orby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1947
- Peak year (1923)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Orby by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (72 births, 48% of the file).
1920s was Orby's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Orby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
31 births
- 1920s
1920s
72 births
- 1930s
1930s
31 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 72 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Orby's decade-level peak was the 1920s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Orby: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Orby draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.