Oran
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Oran is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dun-coloured one”. In 2025 it ranked 718th for boys in the UK (54 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Oran mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Odhrán
“little dun-coloured one”
Saint Odhrán was a companion of Saint Columba on Iona, where the burial ground Reilig Odhráin is named after him.
- Say it
- OR-an
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Is Oran a girl's or a boy's name?
Oran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 boys in the UK and 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the UK were named Oran, making it the 718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 700th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 89 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Oran than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Oran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Oran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #718 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales, 166th in Scotland and 185th in Northern Ireland.
Oran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #718 |
| 2024 | 78 | #551 |
| 2023 | 80 | #547 |
| 2022 | 68 | #606 |
| 2021 | 61 | #666 |
| 2020 | 54 | #700 |
| 2019 | 63 | #641 |
| 2018 | 62 | #645 |
| 2017 | 53 | #727 |
| 2016 | 37 | #923 |
| 2015 | 56 | #678 |
| 2014 | 46 | #756 |
| 2013 | 49 | #741 |
| 2012 | 43 | #815 |
| 2011 | 63 | #606 |
| 2010 | 50 | #701 |
| 2009 | 66 | #568 |
| 2008 | 74 | #525 |
| 2007 | 60 | #571 |
| 2006 | 65 | #521 |
| 2005 | 70 | #460 |
| 2004 | 59 | #494 |
| 2003 | 64 | #447 |
| 2002 | 76 | #371 |
| 2001 | 81 | #359 |
| 2000 | 89 | #336 |
| 1999 | 77 | #358 |
| 1998 | 57 | #427 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Oran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Oran, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 104 boys.
Half of all the boys named Oran in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 363 boys in the US were given Oran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #689, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
Oran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,544 |
| 1963 | 21 | #1,743 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,236 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,166 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,226 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,244 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,278 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1949 | 50 | #984 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,078 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,003 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,077 |
| 1944 | 50 | #898 |
| 1943 | 55 | #897 |
| 1942 | 57 | #867 |
| 1941 | 51 | #888 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,031 |
| 1939 | 48 | #900 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,074 |
| 1936 | 54 | #827 |
| 1935 | 53 | #858 |
| 1934 | 63 | #779 |
| 1933 | 53 | #852 |
| 1932 | 57 | #841 |
| 1931 | 61 | #800 |
| 1930 | 69 | #771 |
| 1929 | 62 | #826 |
| 1928 | 60 | #854 |
| 1927 | 85 | #702 |
| 1926 | 86 | #683 |
| 1925 | 86 | #697 |
| 1924 | 86 | #710 |
| 1923 | 90 | #674 |
| 1922 | 104 | #633 |
| 1921 | 96 | #658 |
| 1920 | 84 | #705 |
| 1919 | 88 | #657 |
| 1918 | 74 | #748 |
| 1917 | 81 | #664 |
| 1916 | 81 | #650 |
| 1915 | 76 | #667 |
| 1914 | 65 | #629 |
| 1913 | 58 | #573 |
| 1912 | 39 | #681 |
| 1911 | 19 | #732 |
| 1910 | 19 | #677 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 21 | #553 |
| 1907 | 11 | #814 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 20 | #507 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 17 | #466 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 15 | #543 |
| 1897 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 14 | #482 |
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