Oran

Boy name

Oran has been given to 4,447 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1922.

Meaning & origin

Ultimately Borrowed from Arabic وَهْرَان (wahrān), from a Berber term meaning "lion".

Origin: Irish

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

4,447

Peak year

1922 (104 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -14%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Oran.

4,436 babies since 1880

4,431 babies since 1880

4,407 babies since 1880

4,404 babies since 1887

4,503 babies since 1889

4,531 babies since 1880

4,362 babies since 1880

4,352 babies since 1887

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