Orlen — boys' name
259 babies named Orlen in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Orlen was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Orlen in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orlen
The Social Security Administration has registered 259 babies named Orlen between 1915 and 1956, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orlen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orlen performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Orlen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orlen 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 259 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.
Orlen at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orlen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1915
- Peak year (1934)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1956.
259 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 15 births in a single year.
Orlen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 101 births that decade — 39% of Orlen's all-time total
Orlen decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Orlen's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1915–1956 (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.