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.

Orion

#759 most common boys' name of all time · #1,701 across all names · 97% boys / 3% girls · 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
📖The word “orion” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 1,186/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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