girls:
276 births since 1980
#5440 (5th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1971
#3212 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1971
#6047 (22nd percentile)
The name Ori is the #6,047 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,703 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 21.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,212 (29.9% percentile) for all time with 1,427 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,440 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 276 births since 1980.
Ori first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Ori is available in 48 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 21 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ori has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 71.8% of babies named Ori were boys.
For boys, Ori reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 8.3% percentile (ranked #847) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 44 births per million (ranked 8.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ori ranks #842 for boys (7.6% percentile) with 40 births per million, which is 92.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ori reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #923) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ori is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #923 (2.5% percentile) with 17 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ori".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ori. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.9% confident that Ori is pronounced as AW-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OH-ree, at 11.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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