Ororo
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Meaning & Origin of Ororo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Storm is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1. Descended from a long line of African witch-priestesses, Storm is a member of a fictional subspecies of humans born with superhuman abilities known as mutants.
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The Story of Ororo
Ororo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2021, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 5 Ororos were born — ranking #15,244 that year. As of 2026, Ororo ranks #15,244 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 5 Ororos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2020s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ororo
Ororo is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2021 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Ororo's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #15,244. Use the chart and map above to compare Ororo'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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