Orhan

Orhan was the #1,753 boys' name in the US in 2025 (92 babies), and #348 in England & Wales and #685 in Canada.

Orhan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Orhan 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandIrelandUS
Orhan 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,753 (92)#348 (122)#647 (4)—#676 (4)#685 (40)
2024#2,210 (65)#406 (100)#478 (6)—#785 (3)#842 (30)
2023#2,113 (69)#530 (73)#614 (4)#395 (3)#584 (5)#886 (27)
2022#1,917 (81)#469 (85)——#657 (4)#685 (38)
2021#4,494 (22)#939 (32)——#755 (3)#1,406 (14)
2020#5,451 (16)#1,492 (16)————
2019#6,104 (14)#1,986 (11)————
2018#8,154 (9)#1,991 (11)————
2017#8,140 (9)#2,512 (8)————
2016#8,146 (9)#2,175 (10)———#2,718 (5)
2015#7,491 (10)#4,747 (3)———#2,139 (7)
2014#6,632 (12)#3,362 (5)————
2013#9,655 (7)#3,315 (5)————
2012#8,158 (9)#3,416 (5)————
2011—#4,647 (3)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,753.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 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 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Orhan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,600 to 1 in 30,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Orhan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #884CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Orhan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48825

Orhan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OrhanCanadaBoys#68540
OrhanEngland & WalesBoys#348122
OrhanIrelandBoys#6764
OrhanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
OrhanScotlandBoys#6474
OrhanUSBoys#1,75392