Orest — #9044 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Orest

The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Orest between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orest currently holds the #9044 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orest performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Orest shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Orest in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orest 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 294 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.