Oronde — boys' name

What the Data Says About Oronde

The Social Security Administration has registered 292 babies named Oronde between 1971 and 2008, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Oronde currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oronde performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Oronde shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Oronde in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oronde 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 292 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.