Orel — #12332 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Orel

The Social Security Administration has registered 556 babies named Orel between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orel currently holds the #12332 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Orel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 136 additional births since 1915.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orel performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Orel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Orel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orel 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 556 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.