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Orion Sociable • Inventive • Compassionate
Orion Sociable • Inventive • Compassionate
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Fun Facts
Mark Twain's Brother. Also Sirius Black's Father In Harry Potter. .
Son of Poseidon and a hunter who chased Atlas's daughters and was made a bright constellation by Zeus.
Orion Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
97.28%
Male
2.72%
Female
Orion is predominantly a boys name, with 2.72% of Orions being girls, and 97.28% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 18030 males named Orion, and 505 females given the name
Popularity of Orion by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Orion in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Orion: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Orion' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Orion in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Orion's average ranking is 2969.26, with it's highest ever rank being #. Orion has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 2 times.
Orion has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 18535 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Orion gained the most popularity as a baby name in 2016, when it's usage went up by 123.25%. During this year, 1059 babies were named Orion, which was 0.0293% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.029%, in this year alone more than 1000 boys were named Orion.
Popular 'O' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'O'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with O. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'O' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
Name | 'O-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
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Oliver | 1. | 18. | 12975 | 0.359% |
Owen | 2. | 33. | 10249 | 0.283% |
Oscar | 3. | 311. | 2251 | 0.062% |
Omar | 4. | 408. | 1730 | 0.048% |
Orion | 5. | 628. | 1059 | 0.029% |
Odin | 6. | 777. | 831 | 0.023% |
Otto | 7. | 1082. | 556 | 0.015% |
Omari | 8. | 1089. | 550 | 0.015% |
Oakley | 9. | 1195. | 478 | 0.013% |
Orlando | 10. | 1294. | 430 | 0.012% |
Otis | 11. | 1615. | 321 | 0.009% |
Osvaldo | 12. | 2324. | 187 | 0.005% |
Onyx | 13. | 2479. | 172 | 0.005% |
Oskar | 14. | 2616. | 159 | 0.004% |
Octavio | 15. | 2758. | 148 | 0.004% |
Osiris | 16. | 2986. | 131 | 0.004% |
Oren | 17. | 3172. | 119 | 0.003% |
Obadiah | 18. | 3432. | 106 | 0.003% |
Ocean | 19. | 3524. | 102 | 0.003% |
Ollie | 20. | 3550. | 101 | 0.003% |