Orson — #1498 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Orson

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,586 babies named Orson between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orson currently holds the #1498 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 132 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 585 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Orson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 136 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Orson in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orson 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 2,586 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.