Orien
The Story of Orien
American parents first put Orien on the record books as a baby boy name in 1903, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 17 Oriens were born — ranking #1,980 that year. About 20% of every Orien on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Orien last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 536 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Orien
Orien is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1903 and has accumulated 536 births in the dataset. Orien's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,980. Use the chart and map above to compare Orien's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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