Orel*
#5,977 most common boys' name of all time · #14,882 across all names · 81% male / 19% female · used 1883–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,977
Rank overall
#14,882 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
698
Since 2016
37
Peak year
1916 #1,320
Best rank
#1,022 1883
Girls
Boys
peak 73/yr
Orel first appears in 1883. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,725 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,385 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,299 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,847 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,720 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,774 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,599 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,176 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,810 |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,325 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,909 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,953 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,708 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,675 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,993 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,271 |
| 2002 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,108 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,240 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,960 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,869 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,948 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,703 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,313 |
| 1990 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,691 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,299 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,811 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,600 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,061 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,784 |
| 1943 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,602 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,570 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,518 |
| 1937 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,519 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,620 |
| 1935 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,768 |
| 1934 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,796 |
| 1933 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,782 |
| 1932 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,893 |
| 1931 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,062 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,601 |
| 1927 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #2,557 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,415 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,439 |
| 1924 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1923 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,255 |
| 1922 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,260 |
| 1921 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #3,017 |
| 1920 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,080 |
| 1919 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #1,830 |
| 1918 | 17 | 13 | 30 | #2,290 |
| 1917 | 22 | 20 | 42 | #1,661 |
| 1916 | 46 | 27 | 73 | #1,320 |
| 1915 | 21 | 16 | 37 | #1,809 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,148 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,139 |
| 1912 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,667 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,361 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,274 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,076 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,022 |