Orla
- #2,514 for girls in 2025, 70 births
- Last seen for boys in 1965 at #3,537
- Given to girls 80.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,199since 1892
Orla over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,514 | 70 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,588 | 68 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,821 | 60 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 56 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
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| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five girls were named Orla! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Orla is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 7,781
- New York#1,235 · 1 in 7,121
Best ever in a state: #279 in Minnesota, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| New York | #1,235 | 11 | 1 in 7,121 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
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| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Orla
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 6 spots since 2024 (#2,508 → #2,514)
- 1,749 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #2,514)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1892 at #1,278 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,820
- Highest: 1 in 22,820 girls born in 2024 were named Orla (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,961 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,278 in 1892, was only 1 in 35,390 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 29.8% of all girls named Orla (357) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1966
- Mostly boys until 1965, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #1,278 (1892) | #1,457 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,877 (1904) | #1,877 |
| 1910s | 71 | #1,949 (1916) | #2,694 |
| 1920s | 120 | #2,172 (1920) | #2,832 |
| 1930s | 59 | #2,570 (1937) | #3,167 |
| 1940s | 26 | #3,503 (1940) | #4,202 |
| 1950s | 20 | #5,414 (1951) | #5,924 |
| 1960s | 16 | #5,809 (1966) | #6,460 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 56 | #7,987 (1991) | #10,064 |
| 2000s | 179 | #4,677 (2009) | #6,797 |
| 2010s | 273 | #3,923 (2019) | #5,098 |
| 2020s | 357 | #2,508 (2024) | #2,942 |
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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