Orlando

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #871 for boys in 2025, 275 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1975 · 843 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
49,454
since 1880

Orlando over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Orlando has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #246, 1975boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#871275
2024—#843289
2023—#775329
2022—#811307
2021—#754336
2020—#772307
2019—#723337
2018—#666379
2017—#654393
2016—#623430
2015—#613438
2014—#561493
2013—#557471
2012—#460590
2011—#482545
2010—#432634
2009—#408719
2008—#419697
2007—#367860
2006—#355853
2005—#363813
2004—#360779
2003—#372702
2002—#373708
2001—#364731
2000—#401634
1999—#382680
1998—#392629
1997—#376645
1996#13,5185#368649
1995#11,7836#364659
1994#13,4305#362661
1993—#347691
1992#11,7386#357663
1991#11,5096#321787
1990#12,9585#314800
1989#8,7618#292839
1988#7,6919#269875
1987#5,92312#255877
1986#7,1349#267817
1985#5,34813#282730
1984#10,4225#301661
1983—#293688
1982#10,5175#292690
1981—#284717
1980#5,24513#283743
1979#7,3138#291695
1978#5,56311#295636
1977#5,21312#281688
1976—#288651
1975#5,51610#246843
1974#5,01111#267719
1973#7,4356#290626
1972#5,4809#293628
1971#5,5439#294676
1970#5,06110#289718
1969#5,9747#302627
1968#6,2466#290651
1967#6,8045#305584
1966—#324528
1965#5,8176#318578
1964—#315606
1963#5,2967#296678
1962#6,5785#300665
1961#5,3097#320603
1960#5,6966#371451
1959—#383429
1958—#399381
1957—#417350
1956—#412342
1955—#449273
1954—#437274
1953—#473217
1952—#537173
1951—#516175
1950—#528163
1949—#604128
1948—#647109
1947—#543153
1946—#601115
1945—#62295
1944—#67983
1943—#623103
1942—#575116
1941—#553117
1940—#550115
1939—#524119
1938—#60197
1937—#59894
1936—#58697
1935—#581100
1934—#568108
1933—#572101
1932—#64488
1931—#557111
1930—#561114
1929—#602101
1928—#516137
1927—#524136
1926—#491149
1925—#464171
1924—#464175
1923—#448186
1922—#464179
1921—#444192
1920—#448181
1919—#386230
1918—#435184
1917—#453156
1916—#517121
1915—#454146
1914—#483101
1913—#49876
1912—#47468
1911—#58427
1910—#55626
1909—#67916
1908—#61318
1907—#59118
1906—#56817
1905—#78610
1904—#8109
1903—#8468
1902—#74410
1901—#7279
1900—#64915
1899—#66110
1898—#7449
1897—#68110
1896—#1,1015
1895—#57913
1894—#54314
1893—#61511
1892—#52515
1891—#56411
1890—#8846
1889—#54912
1888—#52814
1887—#54411
1886—#51213
1885—#46216
1884—#54712
1883—#55611
1882—#51413
1881—#38919
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Orlando was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Orlando is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Orlando
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#843 → #871)
  • 99 spots since 2020 (#772 → #871)
  • 258 spots since 2015 (#613 → #871)
  • Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #681)
  • Biggest drop: 522 spots in 1896 (#579 → #1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1975 at #246 (843 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1897–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,852
  • Highest: 1 in 1,852 boys born in 1975 were named Orlando (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,211 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 15.4% of all boys named Orlando (7,637) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s137#389 (1881)#504
1890s104#525 (1892)#690
1900s130#568 (1906)#701
1910s1,135#386 (1919)#484
1920s1,607#444 (1921)#487
1930s1,029#524 (1939)#579
1940s1,134#543 (1947)#600
1950s2,777#383 (1959)#455
1960s5,971#290 (1968)#314
1970s6,880#246 (1975)#283
1980s7,637#255 (1987)#282
1990s6,864#314 (1990)#358
2000s7,496#355 (2006)#378
2010s4,710#432 (2010)#577
2020s1,843#754 (2021)#804

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.

Orlando in 1896

boys
#1,101
5 births · 1 in 23,913 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #1,101Orlando5
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 23,913 of them was named Orlando, which outranked 13.0% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orlando
  1. #982Winthrop6
  2. #982Young6
  3. #982Zeno6
  4. #1,101Orlando5
  5. #1,101Acie5
  6. #1,101Add5
  7. #1,101Adolf5

Tied with 165 names at #1,101; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 533Hobert#795 → #262
  2. ↑ 528Cicero#1,079 → #551
  3. ↑ 528Earley#1,079 → #551
  4. ↑ 516Tomas#978 → #462
  5. ↑ 492Bryant#872 → #380
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Talmage#529 → #1,101
  2. ↓ 545Bernie#556 → #1,101
  3. ↓ 545Mathias#556 → #1,101
  4. ↓ 522Orlando#579 → #1,101
  5. ↓ 522Rogers#579 → #1,101

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1896 →