Orion name popularity, meaning and origin

Name Popularity: 91%

Orion name meaning:

Origin: Greek

Rising in the sky, dawning. Mythological Orion was a mighty hunter and son of Poseidon. The constellation Orion contains three conspicuous stars.

Statistics

Overall UK ranking: 426 out of 4608

94 recorded births last year

Change in rank

10yrs

745
5yrs

175
1yr

163

Regional popularity

Ranking for this name in various UK regions

England (339)
South East England (416)
East Midlands (443)
London (478)
South West England (482)
West Midlands (513)
North West England (572)
Yorkshire (602)
Scotland (704)

Historical popularity of Orion

The graph below shows the popularity of the boys's name Orion from all the UK baby name statistics available. It's a quick easy way to see the trend for Orion in 2022