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Orin

Boys' name · Early 20th-century

Living in the US
~3,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,852 among boys
Births in 2025
85 6,299 since 1880
Typical age
29 years, median

Orin popularity over time

Orin rank by birth year, 1880–2025Orin ranked #381 in 1880 and #1,852 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #381, in 1880.#1,000#1,852best #381 in 188018901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Orin was used most in 1920, when 111 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It reaches the top 1,000 in 68 years of the record.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1,852, with 85 births that year. Year on year the rank improved by 384.

Babies named Orin per yearPeaks at 111 births in 1920.111 in 1920018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Orin?

About 3,500 people named Orin are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 6,299 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Orin?

Half of living Orins are older than 29, half younger. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Orin a early 20th-century name.

Your Orin

Ages of living people named OrinHalf of living Orins are older than 29 and half younger.median 29020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Orin is most common

Orin is 1.8× as common in Minnesota as it is nationally.

Where Orin is used more than average2 states use the name Orin more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 1.5× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 1.8× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Orin is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 21 1.8×
Washington 23 1.5×

Orin in England and Wales

ONS recorded 29 births named Orin in 2025, ranking it #1,035. That is 71% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Orin comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Irish.

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