Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Orion

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Orion
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

1,152

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

7.9%

2024

1,061

All-time

22,098

Orion has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 1,152 boys were named Orion.

In 2024, only 1,061 boys were given the name.

Down 7.9% from its peak.

All told, about 22,098 Americans have been named Orion and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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