Orpheus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Orpheus

The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Orpheus between 1916 and 1987, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orpheus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orpheus performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Orpheus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Orpheus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orpheus 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 76 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.