How Many People Are Named Orestes?
people named Orestes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,131,737 people in the US has this name
Based on 343 babies named Orestes in Social Security records from 1918 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Greek ορεστιας (orestias) meaning "of the mountains". In Greek myth he was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. He killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus after they killed his father.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Orestes in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Orestes alive today is about 38 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Orestes first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1986, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Orestes has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,187, in 1975.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,187 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,950 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Orestes alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Orestes were born in Florida than in any other state: about 28 of those alive today.
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