Meaning and history
From a Norman nickname based on a diminutive of Norman French ors “bear,” ultimately from Latin ursus, this name was notably borne by American actor and director Orson Welles (1915–1985).
20062006: 14 births, rank #5,781
2007: 23 births, rank #4,243
2008: 18 births, rank #5,067
2009: 23 births, rank #4,278
2010: 28 births, rank #3,708
20112011: 34 births, rank #3,235
2012: 31 births, rank #3,450
2013: 42 births, rank #2,763
2014: 53 births, rank #2,402
2015: 66 births, rank #2,112
20162016: 90 births, rank #1,724
2017: 73 births, rank #1,958
2018: 63 births, rank #2,189
2019: 105 births, rank #1,582
2020: 104 births, rank #1,568
20212021: 98 births, rank #1,678
2022: 127 births, rank #1,433
2023: 132 births, rank #1,397
2024: 121 births, rank #1,487
20252025: 126 births, rank #1,425
Orson rose from #967 to #921 for boys between 1898 and 1901. Its highest annual birth count came in 1883, with 12 births.