# Oren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/oren/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “pine tree” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Orin, Orrin |
| US babies named this | 9,547 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,502 / 45 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 531, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אורן (“pine tree”).

## What it means

Oren is grouped under forest.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 6 | 3,507 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,587 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,303 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,865 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,133 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,756 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,056 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,150 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 1,684 |
| 2012 | 129 | 1,325 |
| 2013 | 113 | 1,465 |
| 2014 | 99 | 1,594 |
| 2015 | 128 | 1,366 |
| 2016 | 122 | 1,429 |
| 2017 | 126 | 1,399 |
| 2018 | 138 | 1,323 |
| 2019 | 126 | 1,404 |
| 2020 | 127 | 1,382 |
| 2021 | 151 | 1,266 |
| 2022 | 140 | 1,343 |
| 2023 | 148 | 1,299 |
| 2024 | 136 | 1,386 |
| 2025 | 174 | 1,184 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,083 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 36 | 854 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 30 | 987 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## People named Oren

- Oren Moverman, film director, screenwriter, and former journalist (born 1966)
- Oren E. Long, American politician (1889-1965)
- Oren Ambarchi, Australian musician

## 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.