The name Orin is a boy's name of Hebrew, Irish origin meaning "laurel, light, song, little green one".

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Orin is one of a variety of similarly-spelled names that have a soft and sensitive image.  The Orrin spelling has been known nationally via Republican Senator Hatch.
<br/><br/>Orin is the name of a character in Eugene O'Neill's drama <em>Mourning Becomes Electra</em>.  Oren is a Hebrew name that means laurel while Oran is Irish and means pale little green one.

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The name Orin is currently ranked #991 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #391 in 1880. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in ORIN, ORIN, and ORIN. Orin is occasionally used for girls in 2020.

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The name Orin peaked for girls at #16364 in 2012. Orin is occasionally used for boys in 2025.

Year	US rank	Births	Per million
2014	#1,838	81	42.2
2015	#1,867	79	41.2
2016	#1,769	87	45.8
2017	#1,639	97	52.4
2018	#1,790	86	47.4
2019	#1,910	78	43.5
2020	#1,811	83	48.1
2021	#1,718	95	54.3
2022	#1,742	96	55
2023	#2,426	56	32.7
2024	#2,246	64	37.1
2025	#1,859	85	49.8

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