Orin
About Orin
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.
Orin is the name of a character in Eugene O'Neill's drama Mourning Becomes Electra. Oren is a Hebrew name that means laurel while Oran is Irish and means pale little green one.
Pronounced OR-in.
As of October 2026, Orin ranked #1859 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #391 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #709.
Editor's take: The name Orin is a boy's name of Hebrew, Irish origin meaning "laurel, light, song, little green one".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| 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 |
World rankings
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Orin on lists
Famous Orins
- Orin C. Smith
former Starbucks CEO
- Orin William Angwall
American fisherman and politician
- Orin Green
son of Hank Green
Orin in pop culture
- Orin Scrivello
character in musical "Little Shop of Horrors"
- Orin Meecham
character in film "Sommersby"
- Orin West
character in DC Universe
- Orin
character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
- Orin Helgesson
character in film "Cedar Rapids"
- Orin Incandenza
character in David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest"