Names / Boy names
Orson
Current rank
#1,433
and rising
All-time peak
#549
in 1883
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
2,700
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #549 in 1883 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Bear cub (Latin). Stateside, it first appears in 1880. Its strongest year was 1883, at #549 nationally. Usage has ticked up in recent years while remaining off the most-common lists. Over 2,700 have carried it since records began.