Unisex name · since 1906

Oria

264 babies named Oria in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#17,080 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,016 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
264
born since 1906
1920s
peak decade

Oria currently ranks #15016 among unisex names in America, with 264 babies recorded since 1906.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oria has been recorded 264 times among girls since 1906, currently ranked #15016 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 2025.

  • #17,080 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,016 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 264 born since 1906
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oria ranks #17,080 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,016 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 264 born since 1906, peaking in the 1920s.

#17,080 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,016 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
264
born since 1906
1920s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%13.1%
Oria vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Oria's 264 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Oria compares

264 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Oria's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Oria Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 264 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Oria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Oria splits its recorded history at 1932: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1906 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Oria popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1915)
10
Annual births at peak, across 120 years of records
4681012 190619161921192619321999201220182025 5

Oria popularity over time - boys

29 total births recorded since 1915 (Oria as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 29 births
456789 19151917191919241925 6

Oria by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (73 births, 28% of the file).

1920s was Oria's strongest decade.

73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.

Oria births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 73 births (28% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Oria?
Since 1906, Social Security records show 264 babies named Oria. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #17,080 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #15,016 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 1915, with 10 births.
Where does Oria sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oria ranks #17,080 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,016 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Oria most popular?
Oria was most popular in the 1920s decade with 73 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
Is Oria a unisex name?
Yes, Oria is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 264 births, and as a boy's name it has 29 births.
How long has the name Oria been used?
Records for Oria go back to 1906, giving 120 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Oria?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Oriana, Orianna, Orion, Orie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Oria's data

  • Oria's decade-level peak was the 1920s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Oria

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Oria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1906–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Oria draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.