boy's name

Orien

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 553

Orien is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1919, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1903.

Orien over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Orien by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 5
1910s 70
1920s 79
1930s 58
1940s 23
1950s 24
1960s 12
1980s 5
1990s 45
2000s 105
2010s 88
2020s (to 2025) 36

How popular is Orien?

In 2025, Orien was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Orien is used

England & Wales #5,857 3 in 2019
United States #8,772 9 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Orien

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Orien also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Orien over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Orien

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Orien — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Orien

How popular is the name Orien?

In 2025, Orien was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Orien a girl's or a boy's name?

Orien is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Orien most popular?

Orien peaked in 1919, when 17 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Orien a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Orien currently ranks #8,772 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.