NameTides

Oran

Oran was the #5,045 boys' name in the US in 2025 (19 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales.

Oran as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Oran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Oran as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#5,045 (19)#1,538 (17)#166 (26)#185 (11)#272 (16)—
2024#4,890 (20)#1,132 (25)#121 (40)#164 (13)#252 (17)—
2023#5,470 (17)#942 (32)#158 (30)#132 (18)#224 (20)—
2022#5,445 (17)#1,029 (28)#164 (30)#207 (10)#145 (41)—
2021#3,912 (27)#1,184 (23)#191 (24)#166 (14)#186 (28)—
2020#5,699 (15)#1,548 (15)#186 (24)#152 (15)#132 (45)—
2019#5,555 (16)#1,587 (15)#163 (32)#153 (16)#133 (45)—
2018#5,770 (15)#1,040 (27)#193 (25)#204 (10)#151 (39)—
2017#4,746 (20)#1,210 (22)#242 (19)#186 (12)#114 (57)—
2016#4,327 (23)#1,570 (16)#331 (11)#207 (10)#123 (54)—
2015#4,407 (22)#1,186 (22)#273 (15)#142 (19)#116 (60)—
2014#3,617 (29)#1,281 (20)#399 (8)#152 (18)#100 (76)—
2013#4,621 (20)#1,086 (24)#399 (8)#153 (17)#98 (73)#2,086 (7)
2012#5,720 (15)#1,669 (14)#434 (7)#125 (22)#83 (97)—
2011#3,695 (28)#1,447 (16)#231 (18)#101 (29)#80 (96)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1901 at #466.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 760common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 750common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Oran is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 99,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 70,000 to 1 in 140,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OranCanadaBoys—too few
OranEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
OranIrelandBoys#27216
ÓranIrelandBoys#5096
OránIrelandBoys—too few
OranNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
OranNorthern IrelandBoys#18511
OranScotlandGirls—too few
OranScotlandBoys#16626
OranUSBoys#5,04519