Oren
Oren is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 136 births. Its best rank was 356th, in 1895.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1360.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021151 births
- Best rank
- #356in 1895
- Since 1880
- 9,326people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,326 boys have been named Oren in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 151 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 75 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Oren | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 172 | |
| 1890s | 175 | |
| 1900s | 223 | |
| 1910s | 943 | |
| 1920s | 1,233 | |
| 1930s | 755 | |
| 1940s | 671 | |
| 1950s | 527 | |
| 1960s | 431 | |
| 1970s | 550 | |
| 1980s | 557 | |
| 1990s | 487 | |
| 2000s | 730 | |
| 2010s | 1,170 | |
| 2020s | 702 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Oren was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Oren
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emorypeak 1920
- Juliuspeak 1918
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Noblepeak 1920
- Raleighpeak 1921
- Fosterpeak 2023
- Ellispeak 2024
- Forestpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.