NameTides

Orson

Orson was the #1,425 boys' name in the US in 2025 (126 babies), and #379 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Orson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Orson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Orson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,425 (126)#379 (109)#560 (5)—#1,443 (16)
2024#1,487 (121)#374 (115)—#785 (3)#1,126 (21)
2023#1,397 (132)#381 (106)#533 (5)—#854 (28)
2022#1,433 (127)#417 (101)#703 (3)—#1,061 (21)
2021#1,678 (98)#375 (119)#533 (5)#552 (5)#1,039 (22)
2020#1,568 (104)#406 (100)——#1,520 (12)
2019#1,582 (105)#487 (82)#516 (5)—#1,256 (16)
2018#2,189 (63)#541 (71)——#1,175 (17)
2017#1,958 (73)#501 (79)#733 (3)—#845 (28)
2016#1,724 (90)#597 (60)——#1,159 (18)
2015#2,112 (66)#472 (85)——#2,387 (6)
2014#2,402 (53)#566 (63)——#1,152 (17)
2013#2,763 (42)#720 (45)#687 (3)—#1,771 (9)
2012#3,450 (31)#625 (56)#568 (4)——
2011#3,235 (34)#781 (39)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1883 at #527.
  • 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 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Orson is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,900 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Orson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth 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: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Orson (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#1,2178

Orson (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
OrsonCanadaBoys#1,44316
OrsonEngland & WalesBoys#379109
OrsonIrelandBoys—too few
OrsonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
OrsonScotlandBoys#5605
OrsonUSBoys#1,425126