Orion
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About Orion
Orion is a rising star, with both mythical and celestial overtones.
The Greek mythological Orion was the legendary hunter who pursued the seven daughters of Atlas, was slain by the goddess Artemis, and then placed as one of the brightest constellations in the night sky by Zeus.
Mark Twain had a brother named Orion, and Chris "Big" Noth picked the name for his son. It is also a Harry Potter name.
Orion's Gaelic connection to O'Ryan/Ryan makes it familiar as well as unusual.
Pronounced oh-RY-un.
As of October 2026, Orion ranked #334 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #300 in 2018, Nameberry popularity #83.
Editor's take: The name Orion is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "boundary, limit".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #381 | 821 | 427.4 |
| 2015 | #367 | 877 | 457.5 |
| 2016 | #324 | 1,072 | 564.9 |
| 2017 | #334 | 1,023 | 552.7 |
| 2018 | #300 | 1,152 | 634.3 |
| 2019 | #313 | 1,077 | 600.3 |
| 2020 | #325 | 1,016 | 588.6 |
| 2021 | #314 | 1,053 | 601.9 |
| 2022 | #332 | 1,020 | 584.2 |
| 2023 | #373 | 867 | 506.8 |
| 2024 | #325 | 1,061 | 615.8 |
| 2025 | #334 | 1,012 | 592.5 |
World rankings
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Orion on lists
Famous Orions
- Orion Clemens
brother of novelist Mark Twain
- Orion Metcalf Barber
U.S. federal judge
- Orion Acaba
American voice actor
- Orion Coville (b. 1970)
son of children's novelist Bruce Coville
- Orion Christopher Noth (b. 2008)
son of actor Chris Noth
- Kaiser Orion "Kai" Griffith (b. 2014)
son of TV personality Jenelle Evans of "Teen Mom 2"
Orion in pop culture
- Orion Black
father of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series
- Orion
code name of Stephen Bartowski on TV's Chuck
- Orion
St. Peter's guardian angel in the 18th,century epic Der Messias (The Messiah) by German poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
- Orion
son of Alveric and Lirazel in The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924) by Lord Dunsany
- Orion
the Arquillian jeweler's pet cat in film "Men in Black "
- Orion
son of Poseidon, Greek god of the ocean.
- Orion
an alien race in the Star Trek franchise
- Orion
Artemis's sub,personality in the Artemis Fowl books
- Orion "Ry
" character in Kiersten White's novel The Chaos of Stars
- "Orion
" song by Metallica
- Lockheed P
3 Orion, military aircraft
- Orion
character in the animated Nickelodeon series "As Told By Ginger"
- Orion
character in video game "Thief"
- Orion Breweries
a popular Okinawan beer company
- Orion Amari
character in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Orion 'Hunt' Athalar
character in Sarah J. Maas' book 'Crescent City, House of Earth and Blood'
- Orion
character in video game "Brawlhalla"
- Orion Pax
character in Transformers Prime, The past form of Optimus Prime
- Lance Orion
character in Zodiac Academy book series