Orah
- #9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 291since 1882
Orah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Orah has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
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| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
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| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
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| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
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| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
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| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
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| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
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| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five girls were named Orah! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Orah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Orah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 2,685 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 352 spots in 1892
- Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1893
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1882–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,407
- Highest: 1 in 15,407 girls born in 1882 were named Orah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1890s
- 22.3% of all girls named Orah (65) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 54 | #740 (1882) | #908 |
| 1890s | 65 | #861 (1892) | #1,243 |
| 1900s | 18 | #1,561 (1900) | #1,677 |
| 1910s | 25 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,508 |
| 1920s | 39 | #2,958 (1922) | #3,211 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,550 (1930) | #4,550 |
| 1940s | 10 | #4,349 (1940) | #4,385 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,147 (1991) | #13,147 |
| 2000s | 13 | #13,704 (2009) | #14,555 |
| 2010s | 14 | #10,689 (2017) | #13,452 |
| 2020s | 43 | #8,978 (2021) | #10,862 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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