Orell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Orell

The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Orell between 1915 and 1979, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Orell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 44 additional births since 1914.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Orell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orell 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 158 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.