Total births
122
Girls' name · since 1963
Ourania
122 babies named Ourania in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 122
- total births
- 1963–2025
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
122 girls have been named Ourania since 1963, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ourania has 122 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- 122 total births
- 1963–2025 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
122 girls have been named Ourania since 1963, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2025.
- 122
- total births
- 1963–2025
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
1970s
Peak decade
43% of everyone ever named Ourania was born in this single decade.
1976
Single peak year
12 babies were named Ourania in 1976 - its busiest year on record.
Ourania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ourania's full recorded timeline at 1981, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ourania at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
1976
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1963
Ourania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1976)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Ourania by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Ourania's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ourania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 53 births (43% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Ourania? ▼
122 babies have been named Ourania since 1963. It was last recorded in 2025. The peak year was 1976 with 12 births.
When was Ourania most popular? ▼
Ourania was most popular in the 1970s decade with 53 total births. The single peak year was 1976.
How long has the name Ourania been used? ▼
Records for Ourania go back to 1963, giving 63 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Ourania? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ourtney. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Ourania's data
- Ourania's decade-level peak was the 1970s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ourania: Baby Name Since 1963 - 122 Births, Peak 1976." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ourania. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ourania draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.