Orrin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OR-in
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,258 for boys
Big in Scotland
Orrin is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).
Where does Orrin come from?
Irish: possibly from Hebrew Oren or Irish Odhran
More on Wiktionary.
Is Orrin a girl's or a boy's name?
Orrin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orrin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Orrin, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 20 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Orrin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Orrin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Orrin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Orrin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 2 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Orrin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,258among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Orrin, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,263rd. Its busiest year was 1915, with 98 boys.
2025 had more boys named Orrin than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Orrin in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 363 boys in the US were given Orrin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #689, up from #2,258 for this spelling alone.
Orrin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,258 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,263 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 73 | #1,993 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,090 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 83 | #1,804 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,089 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,353 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 72 | #1,968 |
| 2007 | 58 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,719 |
| 1990 | 53 | #1,559 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,697 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,457 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 25 | #1,558 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,125 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1962 | 52 | #1,055 |
| 1961 | 66 | #939 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,177 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,415 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,320 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,074 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,202 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,244 |
| 1952 | 53 | #980 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,241 |
| 1950 | 49 | #988 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 51 | #999 |
| 1946 | 55 | #890 |
| 1945 | 52 | #864 |
| 1944 | 44 | #974 |
| 1943 | 60 | #856 |
| 1942 | 62 | #821 |
| 1941 | 61 | #807 |
| 1940 | 72 | #718 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1937 | 48 | #896 |
| 1936 | 40 | #989 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 50 | #888 |
| 1933 | 45 | #937 |
| 1932 | 47 | #952 |
| 1931 | 48 | #939 |
| 1930 | 56 | #885 |
| 1929 | 67 | #788 |
| 1928 | 56 | #891 |
| 1927 | 60 | #872 |
| 1926 | 67 | #803 |
| 1925 | 71 | #779 |
| 1924 | 65 | #849 |
| 1923 | 90 | #674 |
| 1922 | 77 | #754 |
| 1921 | 72 | #800 |
| 1920 | 84 | #705 |
| 1919 | 79 | #704 |
| 1918 | 95 | #628 |
| 1917 | 88 | #633 |
| 1916 | 94 | #600 |
| 1915 | 98 | #572 |
| 1914 | 68 | #609 |
| 1913 | 54 | #597 |
| 1912 | 43 | #635 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 19 | #677 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 12 | #596 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 16 | #481 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 15 | #521 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 15 | #482 |
| 1888 | 16 | #484 |
| 1887 | 12 | #516 |
| 1886 | 14 | #491 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 13 | #520 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 22 | #377 |
| 1881 | 20 | #375 |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
Names like Orrin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Orrin
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Orrin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orrin, updated 20 October 2026.