first name
ORION
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,212 people named Orion, 56.7% reported their origin as White, 17.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.6% as two or more races. 96.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Orion peaked in 2018, when 1,186 babies got the name.
At least 23,750 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Orion by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #641. The largest share of babies named Orion, 55.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Orion is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Orion has been most common in Alaska (7.2×), Nevada (4.2×), and Oregon (3.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.19×).
19,894 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Orion
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Orion, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Orion ranks #69,166 of 156,621, with 306 people. See Orion as a last name
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