How Many People Are Named Orin?
An estimated 3,530 people in the United States have the first name Orin. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Orin peaked in popularity in 1920 with 111 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Orin as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Orin paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
3,530
About 1 in 97,098 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
99.7% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
1920
111 births
Total Registered
6,214
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Orin
Orin is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 6,214 total births registered, 99.7% were male.
Orin as a male name
Ranked #2,246 in 2024
64 male births in 2024
Peak: 1920 (111 births)
Orin as a female name
Ranked #16,910 in 2020
5 female births in 2020
Peak: 2012 (6 births)
Orin: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Orin span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 811 babies were registered. While Orin is less common than at its peak in the 1920s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Orin by Decade
How has Orin tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Orin by State
Birth registrations for Orin span all 27 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Wisconsin, New York. The lowest are in Utah, Oregon, Louisiana. On average, about 43 Orins were registered per state.
Orin + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Orin as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Orin
Other first names starting with O with a similar number of bearers.
Orin: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Orin?
We estimate approximately 3,530 people named Orin are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 97,098 Americans share this first name.
Is Orin a common name?
Orin is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 6,214 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Orin most popular?
Orin reached peak popularity in 1920, when 111 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Orin is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Orin a male name?
Orin is predominantly male. 99.7% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Orin Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Orin Smith, Orin Johnson, Orin Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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