Orin
Masculine · “pine tree”
Orin is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 6,283 boys against 16 girls since 1880.
Orin is an Irish surname and a Hebrew word at once — Ó hÓráin from odhar, dun-colored, and the Hebrew oren, a pine tree.
How old is the name Orin?
Orin was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Orin alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 3,500 people named Orin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Orin most popular?
Orin peaked in 1880, reaching #381 nationally. Today it ranks #1852, 1,471 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
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Where it comes from
From oren to Orin
The story of Orin
Oren belongs to the wave of modern Hebrew names built on biblical plant and nature words, and is common in Israel. Separately, Ó hÓráin was an Irish surname anglicized as Horan and Oran. Both routes brought Orin to America, where it appears in the registers steadily and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
pine tree; pale, dun
Two routes. The Hebrew oren, 'pine' or 'ash tree', a modern Israeli name from biblical vocabulary. Or the Irish Ó hÓráin, from odhar, 'pale' or 'dun-colored'. Both are genuine and neither is dominant. A third route treats Orin as a form of Orrin, an English river name.
How the name formed
- oren
- Orin
Related forms: אורן · Oren · Odhrán
Pronouncing Orin
OR-in
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew Oren places the stress on the second, o-REN.
Nicknames for Orin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 1916100 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #381reached in 1880
- Change vs 2022
- −11.5%85 in 2025, from 96
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Orin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- אורן in Hebrew — transliteration
- Oren in English — spelling variant
- Odhrán in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Washington.
Orins among us
people named Orin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 20,095 born in 2025 was named Orin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Orin
- #1852
- Orin on the 2025 chart
- #772
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Orin went to 85 boys in 2025, but Orrin and Oryn are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 156, which makes it the 772nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,080 places above the chart.
- Orin85
- Orrin62
- Oryn9
About 1 boy in 10,949 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,095 for Orin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Orin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Orin is headed
Orin is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Orin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Orin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The pine tree meaning is concrete and undisputed for the Hebrew route.
- Two genuine traditions can claim it, Hebrew and Irish.
- Ori and Rin are two short forms, both real names elsewhere.
- The origin is genuinely split between unrelated languages.
- Oren is the commoner spelling in Hebrew use.
- Owen and Orion are close enough to cause confusion.
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Masculine · #1852 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Orins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,500 people named Orin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Orin?
- Orin is the most-used spelling in US records — 85 of the 156 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Orrin and Oryn.
- How popular is the name Orin in 2025?
- Orin ranks #1852 among US boy names in 2025, with 85 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Orin?
- About 1 in every 20,095 US boys born in 2025 was named Orin — 85 in all.
- Will my child share the name Orin with classmates?
- Orin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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