Boys' name · since 1917

Oril

Oril has 18 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

18
total births
1917–1927
years on record
1920s
peak decade
67%
born in that decade

Oril is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 18 have been recorded since 1917.

Oril has 18 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1927.

  • 18 total births
  • 1917–1927 years on record
  • 1920s peak decade
  • 67% born in that decade

Data updated Jun 2026

The verdict

18 boys have been named Oril since 1917, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1927.

18
total births
1917–1927
years on record
1920s
peak decade
67%
born in that decade
1920s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Oril was born in this single decade.

1921
Single peak year

7 babies were named Oril in 1921 - its busiest year on record.

Oril's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Oril's full recorded timeline at 1921, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Oril at a glance

Last recorded 1927

Total births

18

Since 1917

11 years of records

Peak year

1921

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1927

Active since

1917

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 1927

Oril popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1927

Last recorded 1927
Peak year (1921)
7
Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 191719211927 5

Oril by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1920s was Oril's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.

Oril births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Oril?
18 babies have been named Oril since 1917. It was last recorded in 1927. The peak year was 1921 with 7 births.
When was Oril most popular?
Oril was most popular in the 1920s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1921.
How long has the name Oril been used?
Records for Oril go back to 1917, giving 11 years of history through 1927.
What names are similar to Oril?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Orion, Orin, Orie, Oris, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of June 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, 1917–1927 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

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

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Oril: Baby Name Since 1917 - 18 Births, Peak 1921." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/oril. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Oril 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 June 2026.