Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Orange

#6,439 most common boys' name of all time · #16,132 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1881–1971

Rank among boys
#6,439
Rank overall
#16,132 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
616
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,762
Best rank
#545 1884
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
1900192019401960

Orange first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1971 — 5 5 #4,952
1959 — 8 8 #3,065
1955 — 5 5 #3,935
1953 — 7 7 #3,172
1952 — 8 8 #2,909
1949 — 11 11 #2,359
1948 — 7 7 #3,046
1947 — 6 6 #3,405
1945 — 14 14 #1,868
1944 — 8 8 #2,672
1943 — 5 5 #3,584
1942 — 6 6 #3,255
1941 — 7 7 #2,903
1940 — 9 9 #2,509
1939 — 7 7 #2,863
1938 — 9 9 #2,509
1937 — 7 7 #2,953
1936 — 9 9 #2,482
1935 — 8 8 #2,752
1934 — 6 6 #3,319
1933 — 11 11 #2,238
1932 — 11 11 #2,342
1931 — 8 8 #2,900
1930 — 11 11 #2,471
1929 — 16 16 #1,956
1928 7 13 20 #2,300
1927 — 16 16 #2,061
1926 — 9 9 #2,926
1925 — 14 14 #2,215
1924 — 7 7 #3,543
1923 — 12 12 #2,471
1922 6 10 16 #2,827
1921 — 16 16 #2,080
1920 5 20 25 #1,762
1919 — 15 15 #2,084
1918 — 15 15 #2,092
1917 — 11 11 #2,446
1916 — 15 15 #1,966
1915 — 16 16 #1,799
1914 — 12 12 #1,890
1913 — 11 11 #1,706
1912 — 9 9 #1,772
1911 — 5 5 #1,792
1907 — 6 6 #1,250
1906 — 6 6 #1,169
1905 — 5 5 #1,290
1904 — 6 6 #1,123
1901 — 9 9 #763
1900 — 8 8 #1,010
1898 — 12 12 #662
1897 — 10 10 #715
1895 — 5 5 #1,147
1894 — 7 7 #902
1893 — 6 6 #971
1892 — 7 7 #921
1889 — 10 10 #668
1888 — 10 10 #695
1886 — 7 7 #813
1885 — 8 8 #751
1884 — 13 13 #545
1883 — 11 11 #595
1882 — 8 8 #744
1881 — 9 9 #651