Orit
Orit is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Orit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Orit is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Orit
American parents first put Orit on the record books as a baby girl name in 1970, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1975, when 10 Orits were born — ranking #5,515 that year. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Orits. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2005 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 124 Orits have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Orit
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About the name Orit
Orit is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 124 births in the dataset. Orit's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #5,515. Use the chart and map above to compare Orit'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.