Orion
#759 most common boys' name of all time · #1,701 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#759
Rank overall
#1,701 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
23,750
Since 2016
10,652
Peak year
2018 #300
Best rank
#300 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 1,186/yr
Orion is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 1,012 | 1,030 | #334 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1,065 | 1,097 | #325 |
| 2023 | 23 | 869 | 892 | #374 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,021 | 1,042 | #332 |
| 2021 | 40 | 1,056 | 1,096 | #314 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,016 | 1,042 | #325 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,077 | 1,105 | #313 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,152 | 1,186 | #300 |
| 2017 | 34 | 1,023 | 1,057 | #334 |
| 2016 | 33 | 1,072 | 1,105 | #324 |
| 2015 | 22 | 877 | 899 | #367 |
| 2014 | 24 | 821 | 845 | #381 |
| 2013 | 14 | 759 | 773 | #394 |
| 2012 | 21 | 679 | 700 | #419 |
| 2011 | 14 | 574 | 588 | #470 |
| 2010 | 13 | 561 | 574 | #467 |
| 2009 | 11 | 519 | 530 | #524 |
| 2008 | 16 | 496 | 512 | #535 |
| 2007 | 13 | 469 | 482 | #549 |
| 2006 | 14 | 486 | 500 | #527 |
| 2005 | 13 | 427 | 440 | #558 |
| 2004 | 14 | 418 | 432 | #551 |
| 2003 | 16 | 399 | 415 | #562 |
| 2002 | 12 | 367 | 379 | #583 |
| 2001 | 16 | 404 | 420 | #540 |
| 2000 | 15 | 382 | 397 | #553 |
| 1999 | 22 | 377 | 399 | #540 |
| 1998 | 22 | 372 | 394 | #539 |
| 1997 | 9 | 195 | 204 | #764 |
| 1996 | 8 | 185 | 193 | #786 |
| 1995 | 7 | 168 | 175 | #828 |
| 1994 | 7 | 148 | 155 | #893 |
| 1993 | 8 | 108 | 116 | #1,073 |
| 1992 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,153 |
| 1991 | 5 | 117 | 122 | #990 |
| 1990 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,136 |
| 1989 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,122 |
| 1988 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,131 |
| 1987 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,050 |
| 1986 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,304 |
| 1985 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,172 |
| 1984 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,058 |
| 1983 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,017 |
| 1982 | — | 87 | 87 | #966 |
| 1981 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,118 |
| 1980 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,167 |
| 1979 | — | 81 | 81 | #985 |
| 1978 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,069 |
| 1977 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,057 |
| 1976 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,127 |
| 1975 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,102 |
| 1974 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,117 |
| 1973 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,439 |
| 1972 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,375 |
| 1971 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,532 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,757 |
| 1969 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,985 |
| 1968 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,217 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,013 |
| 1966 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,231 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,963 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,700 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1958 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,845 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,654 |
| 1956 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,465 |
| 1953 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,416 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,407 |
| 1951 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,463 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,636 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,344 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,892 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1945 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,943 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,143 |
| 1943 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,379 |
| 1942 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,744 |
| 1941 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,841 |
| 1940 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,507 |
| 1939 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,498 |
| 1938 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,102 |
| 1937 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,353 |
| 1936 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1935 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,666 |
| 1934 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,802 |
| 1933 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,851 |
| 1932 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,865 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,127 |
| 1930 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,654 |
| 1929 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,742 |
| 1928 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1927 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,570 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,624 |
| 1925 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,434 |
| 1924 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1923 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,164 |
| 1922 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,444 |
| 1921 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,307 |
| 1920 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,257 |
| 1919 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,214 |
| 1918 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,412 |
| 1917 | 5 | 31 | 36 | #1,225 |
| 1916 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,387 |
| 1915 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 1914 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,557 |
| 1913 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,451 |
| 1912 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,549 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,434 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,196 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,256 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,244 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,147 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,265 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,086 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,101 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #935 |
| 1897 | — | 13 | 13 | #609 |
| 1896 | — | 16 | 16 | #531 |
| 1895 | — | 8 | 8 | #833 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #836 |
| 1888 | — | 6 | 6 | #970 |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | #879 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,021 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,004 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,025 |