Boys' name · since 1903
Orien
545 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.
- #7,488 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,269 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 545
- born since 1903
- 2000s
- peak decade
Orien currently ranks #8269 among boys' names in America, with 545 babies recorded since 1903.
Orien has 545 recorded births among boys since 1903, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8269 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 2025.
- #7,488 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,269 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 545 born since 1903
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orien ranks #7,488 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,269 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 545 born since 1903, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,488 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,269 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 545
- born since 1903
- 2000s
- peak decade
Orien's 545 recorded births place it above 83.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Orien compares
545 Top 42% higher than 58% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Orien's all-time total is 48% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Orien | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 545 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Orien's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Orien splits its recorded history at 1983: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1903 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Orien popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 123 years of records
Orien popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Orien as girls' name)
Orien by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (105 births, 19% of the file).
2000s was Orien's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Orien births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
65 births
- 1920s
1920s
79 births
- 1930s
1930s
58 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 24
1950s
24 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s
2010s
88 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 105 births (19% of all-time use).
How Orien compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Orien's total volume
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What to do with Orien's data
- Orien's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (105 total births) through the 2020s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Orien: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~122 yrs)
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, 1903–2025 (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 Orien 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.