Orin is a distinctive choice, ranked #1132 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Orin in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1132
About the Name Orin
Orin is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 299 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #939 in 2021 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Orin is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Orin
Unlikely. With around 25 UK babies named Orin per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Orin in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Orin is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 299 places over the last five years to #1132 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Orin is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Orin include: Orin Wilf — Orin S.; Orin Hargraves — Orin Hargraves is an American lexicographer and writer.; Orin O'Brien — Orin O'Brien is an American double bassist..
Orin does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Orins in the wild.
25
UK babies named Orin (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 299 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Orin
Likely around 1 other Orin in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Orin
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Orin S. Wilf is an American real estate developer, the founder and president of Skyline Developers, a division of Garden Homes, a company founded by his grandfather, Harry Wilf.
Orin Hargraves is an American lexicographer and writer. His language reference works include Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English, Slang Rules!: A Practical Guide for English Learners, and (with Willard Espy) Words to Rhyme With: A Rhyming Dictionary.
Orin O'Brien is an American double bassist. She was a member of the New York Philharmonic, joining in 1966 under the direction of Leonard Bernstein; she was the first woman to join the orchestra.
Orin Samuel Kerr is an American legal scholar known for his studies of American criminal procedure and the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as well as computer crime law and internet surveillance. He has been a professor of law at Stanford Law School since 2025.