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How popular is the name Orson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Orsons are alive today.
Orson (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 379th in 2025 with 109 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2021, when 119 babies were given the name, the 375th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Orson you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Orsons born in England and Wales are between 4 and 12, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Orson - on average, only one in every 217 such rooms contains a Orson.
How many babies are named Orson each year?
Where does Orson rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Orson most popular?
Orson peaked in 2021, when 119 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Orson?
At least 1,400 people named Orson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Orson?
Most living Orsons are between 4 and 12; the most common age is about 2.
Is Orson becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.