Orson is an uncommon boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2023.
Orson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,433 for boy births in the United States (and #3,033 across all names), given to 126 babies. Orson was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2023 (132 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | 126 | #1,433 |
| 2024 | 121 | 121 | #1,492 |
| 2023 | 132 | 132 | #1,400 |
| 2022 | 127 | 127 | #1,437 |
| 2021 | 98 | 98 | #1,684 |
| 2020 | 104 | 104 | #1,573 |
| 2019 | 105 | 105 | #1,589 |
| 2018 | 63 | 63 | #2,202 |
| 2017 | 73 | 73 | #1,968 |
| 2016 | 90 | 90 | #1,735 |
| 2015 | 66 | 66 | #2,126 |
| 2014 | 53 | 53 | #2,420 |
| 2013 | 42 | 42 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 31 | 31 | #3,506 |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | #3,287 |
| 2010 | 28 | 28 | #3,780 |
| 2009 | 23 | 23 | #4,394 |
| 2008 | 18 | 18 | #5,202 |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #4,330 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | #6,011 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | #6,127 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | #9,674 |
| 2003 | 11 | 11 | #6,605 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | #5,976 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #7,356 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | #7,989 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | #7,679 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #8,212 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #7,898 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #6,943 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #7,577 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #6,808 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #5,813 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #6,961 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #7,651 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #3,653 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,921 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | #4,055 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,585 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | #4,068 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #4,491 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #3,551 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #3,381 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #3,508 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #3,347 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #3,534 |
| 1976 | 18 | — | #2,480 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | #2,865 |
| 1974 | 19 | — | #2,255 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #3,621 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,872 |
| 1971 | 19 | — | #2,185 |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #1,835 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #2,282 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #3,035 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #3,171 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #2,308 |
| 1965 | 14 | — | #2,239 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,919 |
| 1963 | 17 | — | #2,021 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #2,633 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #2,841 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #3,262 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #3,215 |
| 1958 | 21 | — | #1,756 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | #2,001 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | #1,873 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #3,138 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | #2,187 |
| 1953 | 11 | — | #2,496 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #2,226 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #2,223 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #2,003 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #2,305 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #2,949 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,145 |
| 1946 | 18 | — | #1,740 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #1,746 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #1,666 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #2,688 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,137 |
| 1941 | 13 | — | #2,064 |
| 1940 | 22 | — | #1,460 |
| 1939 | 16 | — | #1,774 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | #2,602 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,298 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | #2,039 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #2,883 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | #1,835 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #2,188 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,430 |
| 1931 | 17 | — | #1,818 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,267 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | #1,983 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | #2,130 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,089 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | #1,890 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | #1,854 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #1,523 |
| 1923 | 26 | — | #1,485 |
| 1922 | 21 | — | #1,745 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #2,754 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #1,943 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | #1,342 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | #1,580 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | #1,570 |
| 1916 | 21 | — | #1,583 |
| 1915 | 24 | — | #1,398 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 25 | — | #1,018 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | #1,710 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,357 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,391 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #921 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,163 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | #967 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #877 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #956 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #932 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,087 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | #894 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #892 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,069 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #910 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #943 |
| 1883 | 12 | — | #549 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | #684 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | #760 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #788 |