Oren — #1376 US boys' name
9,326 babies named Oren in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
13% of everyone ever named Oren was born in this single decade.
151 babies were named Oren in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Oren
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,326 babies named Oren between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oren currently holds the #1376 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 151 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Oren performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Oren shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 672 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Oren in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Oren 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 9,326 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.
Oren at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Oren popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2021)
- 151
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1376 among boys.
9,326 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 151 births in a single year.
Oren popularity over time — girls
45 total births recorded since 1914 (Oren as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Oren accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Oren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 1,233 births that decade — 13% of Oren's all-time total
Oren decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,233 births
- Runner-up 1,170 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Oren's strongest decade
1,233 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 13% of all-time use.
Oren by state
Where Oren concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 672 | 7.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 620 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 375 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 285 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 270 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 141 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 134 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 123 | 1.3% |
672 of 9,326 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- New York 6.6% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
- Missouri 3.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 35 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Oren appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.