Orrin
Orrin was given to 62 boys in 2025, #2,278 among boys’ names; 5,985 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,270 Americans named Orrin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 14 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Orrin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Orrin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Orrin is “a male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Orrin?
#2,278 among boys’ names, 2025
Orrin fell from #1,813 in 2015 to #2,278 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 43.3 to 36.3 per million.
98 babies in 1915, the peak
Orrin peaked in 1915, when 98 boys were given it, #575 among boys’ names. The 62 births of 2025 are 63% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,278 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,657 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,411 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,372 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,403 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,282 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,142 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,010 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,104 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,463 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 83 | #1,813 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,533 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,108 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,061 | 0.04 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,278 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,367 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,065 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 72 | #1,975 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 58 | #2,271 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,688 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,684 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,403 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,662 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,865 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,328 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,507 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,937 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,377 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,482 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,283 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,381 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,205 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,988 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,687 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,733 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,576 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,580 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,656 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,522 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,313 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,474 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,477 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,652 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,898 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 26 | #2,031 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,352 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,934 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,110 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,336 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,291 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,956 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,524 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 20 | #2,039 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,458 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,944 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,561 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,056 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 25 | #1,583 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,141 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,085 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,064 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 66 | #945 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,186 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,431 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,334 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,083 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,210 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,389 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,425 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,255 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 53 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,254 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,001 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,069 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,189 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,007 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 55 | #894 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 52 | #877 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 44 | #983 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 60 | #865 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 62 | #830 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 61 | #813 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 72 | #722 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 50 | #881 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,058 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 48 | #904 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,006 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,093 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 50 | #895 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 45 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 47 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 48 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 56 | #889 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 67 | #791 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 56 | #899 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 60 | #881 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 67 | #811 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 71 | #784 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 65 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 90 | #680 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 77 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 72 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 84 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 79 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 95 | #630 | 0.09 |
| 1917 | 88 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 94 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 98 | #575 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 68 | #614 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 54 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 43 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 13 | #965 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 19 | #698 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,064 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,331 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 12 | #803 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 11 | #792 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 8 | #983 | 0.06 |
| 1904 | 9 | #858 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,098 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,264 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 12 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 10 | #888 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 16 | #496 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 14 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 15 | #542 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 9 | #814 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 11 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 15 | #534 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,145 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 11 | #672 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 12 | #553 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 16 | #479 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 15 | #492 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 16 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 12 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 14 | #503 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 10 | #630 | 0.09 |
| 1884 | 13 | #537 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 11 | #585 | 0.11 |
| 1882 | 22 | #385 | 0.19 |
| 1881 | 20 | #383 | 0.20 |
| 1880 | 9 | #672 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Orrin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Orrin has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Orrin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Orrin, and how old are they?
3,270 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 5,985 Americans ever recorded as Orrin. The median Orrin alive today is 32 years old; half are between 14 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 3,041 people named Orrin (18 women and girls, 3,023 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,196 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 183 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 550 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 338 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 661 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 737 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 794 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Orrin born?
The states with the most babies named Orrin are Minnesota, Wisconsin and California, with 47% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota and Wisconsin are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 234 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Wisconsin | 165 | #858 | 1.3× |
| California | 163 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 132 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 111 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 80 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 53 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 38 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Iowa | 32 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 31 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Orrin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Orrin is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Orrin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 52,899 babies since 1880, Orrin is the fourth most given (11% of them). In 2025 it was given to 62 of their 1,433 babies (4.3%), again the fourth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Orrin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Orrin and names like it
- Compare Orrin and OrionBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sOrrin peaked in 1915.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Orrin since 1910.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Orrin.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Orrin alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with OMost given first.