Orel

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 20% girls / 80% boys

Orel first appears in the U.S. data in 1883 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1916 with 27 babies (rank #1,325 that year). In 2024 it was given to 5 boys (rank #13,663). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
692
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
27
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18835#1,008
18915#1,084
19076#1,299
19096#1,405
191210#1,708
19138#2,218
191410#2,228
191516#1,865
191627#1,325
191720#1,680
191813#2,361
191918#1,861
192016#2,109
19219#3,155
192214#2,316
192314#2,298
192421#1,762
19257#3,649
19267#3,621
192711#2,652
19296#3,844
19308#3,219
19319#2,821
19328#3,030
19338#2,930
19348#2,898
19358#2,881
19365#3,931
19379#2,626
19389#2,600
19405#3,808
19415#3,873
19425#3,927
19439#2,687
19475#4,124
19595#4,409
19787#4,905
19889#5,100
198912#4,450
199011#4,905
19916#7,974
19927#7,191
19938#6,659
19959#6,272
19988#7,350
19995#11,131
20007#8,875
200211#6,403
20039#7,672
20046#10,958
20059#8,123
20066#11,669
20076#11,971
20087#10,722
20099#8,811
20126#11,872
20135#13,540
20157#10,323
20166#11,759
20177#10,484
20218#9,456
20235#13,615
20245#13,663