# Oran (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/oran/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “dun”, “sallow” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Orin, Orrin |
| US babies named this | 4,447 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,447 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 564, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Old Irish saints' name Odrán, diminutive of odur (“dun, sallow”) (compare Irish Odhrán).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,763 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,909 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,754 |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,669 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,511 |
| 2016 | 23 | 4,432 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,887 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,969 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,734 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,900 |
| 2021 | 27 | 3,980 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,577 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,604 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5,006 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,153 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,086 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,281 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,040 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,184 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 32 | 942 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Oran

- Oran Milo Roberts, American politician (1815-1898)
- Oran of Iona, 6th-century Christian saint

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.