Oralee vs Orange

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Oralee Orange

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 75 years in which either name was published, Oralee for 40 years and Orange for 35 years. The lead changed hands 23 times.

• 1881–1907 Orange ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1908–1927 Oralee ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1928–1930 Orange ahead
• 1933–1943 Oralee ahead

17 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Oralees alive today are over 81; half the Oranges are over 78. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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