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Orson

Pronounced /ˈɔɹsən/

Rank in 2024
#1,500
Born in 2024
119
Peak year
2023 · #1400
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 119 boys were named Orson, about 1 in every 14,414.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 132 babies, ranked #1400.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 2,586 boys have been named Orson since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Orson per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 339 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 242 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 243 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 218 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 115 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 253 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,072 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈɔɹsən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Orson, CC BY-SA 4.0.