Oreste — boys' name

What the Data Says About Oreste

The Social Security Administration has registered 357 babies named Oreste between 1912 and 1987, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oreste currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oreste performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Oreste shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oreste in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oreste 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 357 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.