Orien
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- o-RYE-on
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Orien is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Orien mean?
Greek: spelling of Orion
In Greek myth Orion was a giant hunter placed among the stars; his constellation is one of the most recognisable in the sky.
Meaning borrowed from Orion. More on Wiktionary.
Is Orien a girl's or a boy's name?
Orien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orien in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Orien, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1903.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Orien than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Orien in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,021 boys in the US were given Orien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #340, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Orion 1,012
- Orien 9
Orien in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
Nicknames for Orien
- Ori 14 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Orien
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Owen, Finnegan, Oliver, Kayden, Oscar, Aiden, Brayden, Theodore, Emerson, Odin, Oren, Harrison
Other spellings of Orien
Names related to Orien
More Greek names
Luca, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Orien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orien, updated 20 October 2026.