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.
- #24,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,241 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ourania currently ranks #15241 among girls' names in America, with 122 babies recorded since 1963.
Ourania has 122 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15241 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, 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.
- #24,955 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,241 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 122 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ourania ranks #24,955 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,241 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 122 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,241 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ourania's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ourania compares
122 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ourania's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ourania | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 122 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
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 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
1970s is the heaviest window (53 births, 43% of the file).
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).
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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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ourania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~62 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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).
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 August 2026.