# Orin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/orin/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Orrin |
| US babies named this | 6,299 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,283 / 16 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 425, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | 16,366 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,599 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,922 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 2,305 |
| 2012 | 80 | 1,842 |
| 2013 | 65 | 2,082 |
| 2014 | 81 | 1,840 |
| 2015 | 79 | 1,867 |
| 2016 | 87 | 1,770 |
| 2017 | 97 | 1,640 |
| 2018 | 86 | 1,790 |
| 2019 | 78 | 1,910 |
| 2020 | 83 | 1,811 |
| 2021 | 95 | 1,718 |
| 2022 | 96 | 1,745 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,428 |
| 2024 | 64 | 2,251 |
| 2025 | 85 | 1,859 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## 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.