Orea — unisex name
32 babies named Orea in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Orea was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Orea in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orea
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Orea between 1918 and 1932, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Orea is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1922.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orea performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Orea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orea 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 32 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.
Orea at a glance
Last recorded 1932Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orea popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1918
- Peak year (1923)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1932.
32 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 7 births in a single year.
Orea popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1922 (Orea as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Orea accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Orea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 17 births that decade — 53% of Orea's all-time total
Orea decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Orea's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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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, 1918–1932 (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.