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Orion
Pronounced /əˈɹaɪ.ən/
Rank in 2024
#323
Born in 2024
1,061
Peak year
2018 · #300
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,061 boys were named Orion, about 1 in every 1,617.
- It peaked in 2018 with 1,152 babies, ranked #300.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 22,098 boys have been named Orion since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Orion per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 455 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 288 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 143 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 619 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,580 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,125 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,798 babies, 0.54 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /əˈɹaɪ.ən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Orion, CC BY-SA 4.0.