Orrie
The Story of Orrie
As a girl name
Orrie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1883, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1896: 13 births, good for #903 nationwide. About 22% of every Orrie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Orrie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1954, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 313 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Orrie on the record books as a boy name in 1880, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 23 Orries were born — ranking #1,539 that year. About 21% of every Orrie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Orrie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 675 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Orrie
Orrie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 675 births in the dataset. Orrie's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,539. Use the chart and map above to compare Orrie'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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