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Orlin

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Orlin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 947th, in 1932.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
250.00% of boys
Peak year
193248 births
Best rank
#947in 1932
Since 1908
1,660people given the name
Babies named Orlin, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,660 boys have been named Orlin in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1932, with 48 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Orlin
1900s6
1910s202
1920s360
1930s300
1940s198
1950s104
1960s54
1970s37
1980s23
1990s27
2000s113
2010s145
2020s91

In 1932, its biggest year

Orlin was the 947th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1932 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1932.

Names that rose and fell with Orlin

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.