Orrin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Orrin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Orrin: Recorded since 1996, it reached #277 in 1999, and it stood at #432 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#277highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1998	#1485
1999	#2097
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2004	#2304
2005	#3208
2006	#3385
2008	#2775
2009	#2544
2010	#2629
2011	#2613
2012	#2458
2013	#3822
2014	#3362
2015	#2707
2016	#2804
2017	#2324
2018	#1683
2019	#1587
2020	#2682
2021	#1984
2022	#1692
2023	#2007
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #432 among boys in Scotland, #1951 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2002
Highest recorded position: #277 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1999–2002).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Orrin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 192 births with the name.

Orrin across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Orrin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1485 (1998)	#1951 (2024)	25 of 29	192 (1996–2024)	15 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#506 (2004)	#506 (2004)	#699 (2015)	3 of 12	10 (2004–2015)	4 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (1999)	#277 (1999)	#281 (2002)	2 of 4	6 (1999–2002)	3 (1999)

Orrin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Orrin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000s	35	7 of 10	5
2010s	83	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Orrin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #277 in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Orrin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #277, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ørnulf · #216, 30y
Orran · #307, 11y
Orry · #303, 11y
Orson · #374, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nathanael · #277, 30y
Aarav · #276, 22y
Kendall · #278, 30y
Reon · #278, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Chanelle · #277, 27y
Emely · #277, 31y
Gregor · #277, 27y
Nathanael · #277, 30y

Orrin was ranked #277 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Orrin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Orrin without appearing here.

Orrin moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Orrin

Ronny Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1485 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1962.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #848.
Kasper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #1411.

Moved the same way as Orrin

Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Orrin went from #1765 to #2682 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Orrin went from #1765 to #2707 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Orrin went from #1765 to #2707 and Tayla from #1458 to #4747.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orrin went from #3385 to #1951 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #277 in Northern Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Orrin

Orrin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Orrin across 3 official records

Orrin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Orrin appears in

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Orrin at a glance

Orrin across 3 official records

Orrin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Orrin and the names beside it

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