Orien — #10942 US boys' name
536 babies named Orien in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
20% of everyone ever named Orien was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Orien in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orien
The Social Security Administration has registered 536 babies named Orien between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orien currently holds the #10942 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orien performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Orien shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orien 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 536 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.
Orien at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orien popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1903
- Peak year (1921)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 122 years of records
Currently ranks #10942 among boys.
536 total births across 122 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 17 births in a single year.
Orien popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Orien as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Orien accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Orien by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 105 births that decade — 20% of Orien's all-time total
Orien decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Orien's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
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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, 1903–2024 (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.