NameTides

Orrin

Orrin was the #2,258 boys' name in the US in 2025 (62 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Orrin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Orrin 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Orrin 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#2,258 (62)#2,440 (9)#495 (6)——#2,789 (6)
2024#2,637 (50)#1,952 (12)#432 (7)———
2023#2,387 (57)#2,008 (11)#366 (9)——#1,947 (9)
2022#2,355 (60)#1,692 (14)#703 (3)——#1,895 (9)
2021#2,373 (57)#1,984 (11)#477 (6)——#2,061 (8)
2020#2,264 (60)#2,682 (7)————
2019#2,129 (67)#1,587 (15)#516 (5)———
2018#1,994 (73)#1,683 (14)#472 (6)——#1,682 (10)
2017#2,091 (66)#2,324 (9)#406 (8)——#2,198 (7)
2016#2,437 (52)#2,804 (7)#486 (6)——#1,988 (8)
2015#1,804 (83)#2,707 (7)#470 (6)—#699 (3)#1,956 (8)
2014#2,516 (49)#3,362 (5)———#1,936 (8)
2013#2,090 (64)#3,822 (4)#466 (6)——#2,606 (5)
2012#2,049 (67)#2,458 (8)#500 (5)——#2,368 (6)
2011#2,261 (57)#2,613 (7)———#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #375.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 28,000 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 28,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Orrin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 30,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 36,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Orrin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #785WIVermont: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Orrin (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OrrinCanadaBoys#2,7896
OrrinEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
OrrinIrelandBoys—too few
OrrinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
OrrinScotlandBoys#4956
OrrinUSBoys#2,25862