girls:
130 births since 1915
#5586 (2nd percentile)
boys:
264 births since 1984
#4322 (6th percentile)
overall:
394 births since 1915
#7345 (5th percentile)
The name Oriel is the #7,345 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 394 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,322 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 264 births since 1984. For girls, it ranks #5,586 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 130 births since 1915.
Oriel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 1984 for boys). Birth data for Oriel is available in 38 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 20 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 Oriel has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (67.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Oriel were boys. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for girls (72.5% girls from 1915 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (89.3% boys from 1997 to 2023).
For boys, Oriel reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #883) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Oriel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #883 (3.1% percentile) with 18 births per million.
For girls, Oriel reached its peak popularity in 1983, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #767) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Oriel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Oriel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.2% confident that Oriel is pronounced as AW-ree-uhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AW-ree-ehl, at 35.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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