NameTides

Orel

Orel was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).

Orel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Orel as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Orel as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#10,695 (6)—
2024#12,349 (5)—
2023#12,239 (5)—
2021#8,825 (8)—
2017#9,696 (7)#4,812 (3)
2016#10,744 (6)—
2015#9,568 (7)—
2013#12,136 (5)—
2012#10,770 (6)—
2009#8,310 (9)—
2008#9,871 (7)—
2007#10,921 (6)—
2006#10,662 (6)—
2005#7,640 (9)—
2004#9,948 (6)—

Orel as a girl’s name

  • US
Orel as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Orel as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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
YearUS
2009#15,242 (6)
1927#4,286 (6)
1921#4,023 (7)
1919#2,813 (11)
1918#2,102 (17)
1917#1,652 (22)
1916#1,013 (46)
1915#1,622 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1891 at #963.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.
  • In 2009, 40% of US babies named Orel were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 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.