Orel
Boy · OR-el · Hebrew
Orel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my light”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Orel mean?
Hebrew: Israeli name; also Russian for eagle
“God is my light”
- Say it
- OR-el
Is Orel a girl's or a boy's name?
Orel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Orel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1916, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Orel in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1918, 57% of the babies named Orel in the US were girls.
Orel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
Names like Orel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Moses Otto Ellis Amos Samuel Oscar Henry Joseph Oren Axel Leo Jack
Names related to Orel
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Elias Mateo Elsie