Meaning and history
Orion's meaning is uncertain, perhaps related to Greek horion, "boundary" or "limit," or Akkadian Uru-anna, "light of the heavens." The constellation is named for a legendary Greek hunter killed by a scorpion sent by the earth goddess Gaia.
20062006: 486 births, rank #527
2007: 469 births, rank #549
2008: 496 births, rank #535
2009: 519 births, rank #521
2010: 561 births, rank #467
20112011: 574 births, rank #469
2012: 679 births, rank #419
2013: 759 births, rank #394
2014: 821 births, rank #381
2015: 877 births, rank #367
20162016: 1,072 births, rank #324
2017: 1,023 births, rank #334
2018: 1,152 births, rank #300
2019: 1,077 births, rank #313
2020: 1,016 births, rank #325
20212021: 1,056 births, rank #314
2022: 1,021 births, rank #332
2023: 869 births, rank #373
2024: 1,065 births, rank #325
20252025: 1,012 births, rank #334
Orion moved from #325 to #334 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 1,152 births.