Ordean — boys' name
161 babies named Ordean in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Ordean was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ordean in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ordean
The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Ordean between 1913 and 1949, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ordean currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ordean performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ordean shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ordean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ordean 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 161 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.
Ordean at a glance
Last recorded 1949Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ordean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1913
- Peak year (1930)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1949.
161 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 15 births in a single year.
Ordean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 85 births that decade — 53% of Ordean's all-time total
Ordean decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Ordean's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Ordean by state
Where Ordean concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 38 | 23.6% |
38 of 161 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 23.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 23.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.