Oren
Oren was given to 174 boys in 2025, #1,184 among boys’ names; 9,547 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,350 Americans named Oren and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 10 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Oren by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Oren mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Oren is “a male given name from Hebrew, probably from the Bible (1 Chronicles 2:25).” Its etymology gives the sense “pine tree” (אורן).
Borrowed from Hebrew אורן (“pine tree”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Oren?
#1,184 among boys’ names, 2025
Oren rose from #1,366 in 2015 to #1,184 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.07 to 0.10 per 1,000.
174 babies in 2025, the peak
Oren peaked in 2025, when 174 boys were given it, #1,184 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 136 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174 | #1,184 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 136 | #1,386 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 148 | #1,299 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 140 | #1,343 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,266 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,382 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 126 | #1,404 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 138 | #1,323 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 126 | #1,399 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 122 | #1,429 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 128 | #1,366 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,594 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 113 | #1,465 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 129 | #1,325 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 89 | #1,684 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,583 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 98 | #1,623 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 100 | #1,589 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 104 | #1,523 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 91 | #1,603 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 67 | #1,903 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,179 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,021 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,931 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,018 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,117 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,955 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 56 | #1,805 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 47 | #1,949 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,891 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 57 | #1,613 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 48 | #1,810 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,955 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,716 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 46 | #1,755 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,826 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 56 | #1,484 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,521 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 58 | #1,279 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,299 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,220 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 66 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,388 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,151 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,251 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,172 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,368 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 69 | #990 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,283 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,161 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,077 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,111 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,193 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,142 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,209 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,175 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,201 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,212 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,113 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,271 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,102 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,173 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,096 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,021 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,020 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,181 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,249 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,035 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 57 | #952 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 56 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 56 | #940 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 64 | #862 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 51 | #979 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 66 | #844 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 52 | #993 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 64 | #822 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 60 | #806 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 67 | #767 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 78 | #734 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 70 | #774 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 79 | #693 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 84 | #664 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 76 | #684 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 70 | #734 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 65 | #762 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 66 | #745 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 78 | #685 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 74 | #715 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 87 | #622 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 67 | #778 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 85 | #647 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 87 | #671 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 106 | #585 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 116 | #574 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 101 | #627 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 112 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 130 | #538 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 128 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 116 | #587 | 0.11 |
| 1922 | 136 | #538 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 144 | #518 | 0.13 |
| 1920 | 144 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1919 | 132 | #517 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 132 | #529 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 131 | #502 | 0.14 |
| 1916 | 117 | #530 | 0.13 |
| 1915 | 112 | #526 | 0.13 |
| 1914 | 94 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1913 | 79 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1912 | 66 | #487 | 0.15 |
| 1911 | 48 | #418 | 0.21 |
| 1910 | 32 | #498 | 0.16 |
| 1909 | 29 | #483 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 18 | #623 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 20 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 20 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1905 | 13 | #691 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 25 | #427 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 28 | #366 | 0.23 |
| 1902 | 25 | #411 | 0.20 |
| 1901 | 23 | #397 | 0.22 |
| 1900 | 22 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 17 | #470 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 20 | #465 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 16 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 13 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 28 | #356 | 0.24 |
| 1894 | 20 | #433 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 19 | #427 | 0.17 |
| 1892 | 16 | #515 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 14 | #491 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 12 | #593 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 19 | #425 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 17 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1887 | 15 | #449 | 0.15 |
| 1886 | 23 | #364 | 0.21 |
| 1885 | 14 | #517 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 24 | #368 | 0.21 |
| 1883 | 10 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 18 | #434 | 0.16 |
| 1881 | 19 | #393 | 0.19 |
| 1880 | 13 | #517 | 0.12 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Oren a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Oren has been given almost only to boys: 45 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Oren: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Oren, and how old are they?
5,350 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 9,547 Americans ever recorded as Oren. The median Oren alive today is 24 years old; half are between 10 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 5,136 people named Oren (113 women and girls, 5,023 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,872 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 253 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 638 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 714 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 802 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,740 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Oren born?
The states with the most babies named Oren are California, New York and Texas, with 39% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18 | #1,144 | 0.9× |
| New York | 16 | #877 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 12 | #1,533 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 9 | #915 | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #542 | 0.2× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,588 | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 6 | #925 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,239 | 0.4× |
| Washington | 6 | #967 | 0.5× |
| Colorado | 6 | #824 | 0.4× |
Where Oren is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Oren is most over-represented in Missouri: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Oren with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 52,899 babies since 1880, Oren is the second most given (18% of them). In 2025 it was given to 174 of their 1,433 babies (12%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Oren
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Oren and names like it
- Compare Oren and OrionBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sOren peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Oren since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Oren.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Oren alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with OMost given first.