Orell**
#11,654 most common boys' name of all time · #29,821 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1914–1979 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#11,654
Rank overall
#29,821 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
27 of 146
All-time
202
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #3,118
Best rank
#2,786 1936
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Orell first appears in 1914. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,250 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,193 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,972 |
| 1948 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,180 |
| 1945 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,901 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,399 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,788 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,371 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,786 |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,157 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,579 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,534 |
| 1927 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,622 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,926 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,935 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,561 |
| 1923 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,484 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,047 |
| 1921 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #3,118 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,528 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,400 |
| 1917 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #3,130 |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | — |