Orlan
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 960since 1898
Orlan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Orlan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1925 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1898
The first year at least five boys were named Orlan! It came in at #1,121, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Orlan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Orlan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 180 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #9,714)
- 891 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1898 at #1,121 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,537
- Highest: 1 in 24,537 boys born in 1898 were named Orlan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 25.3% of all boys named Orlan (243) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,121 (1898) | #1,121 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,277 (1909) | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 139 | #1,388 (1914) | #1,643 |
| 1920s | 243 | #1,278 (1926) | #1,578 |
| 1930s | 191 | #1,384 (1936) | #1,638 |
| 1940s | 149 | #1,536 (1945) | #1,929 |
| 1950s | 97 | #1,945 (1956) | #2,558 |
| 1960s | 41 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,015 |
| 1970s | 18 | #4,418 (1976) | #4,842 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,785 (1985) | #5,785 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 16 | #9,392 (2002) | #11,333 |
| 2010s | 16 | #10,775 (2017) | #11,731 |
| 2020s | 33 | #9,714 (2021) | #10,158 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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