How Many People Are Named Orion?
people named Orion are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,124 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,750 babies named Orion in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,186 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown, but possibly related to Greek ‘οριον (horion) "boundary, limit". Alternatively it may be derived from Akkadian Uru-anna meaning "light of the heavens". This is the name of a constellation, which gets its name from a legendary Greek hunter killed by a scorpion sent by Gaia.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Orion, 2.7% were girls and 97.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Orion alive today is about 14 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Orion first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2018, to 1,186 babies. In 2025, 1,030 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Orion has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #300, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #334.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #334 |
| Best rank | #300 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #372 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Orion alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Orion were born in California than in any other state: about 3,378 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Orion was given 5.4 times as often in Alaska, 3.1 times in Hawaii and 3 times in New Mexico.
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