Orpha
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 57 births
- Debut · girls
- 29 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,974since 1880
Orpha over time
Rank among girls' names. Orpha has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1941 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,066 | 45 |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1936 | #961 | 51 |
| 1935 | #861 | 64 |
| 1934 | #894 | 58 |
| 1933 | #721 | 82 |
| 1932 | #765 | 78 |
| 1931 | #784 | 74 |
| 1930 | #786 | 80 |
| 1929 | #752 | 87 |
| 1928 | #710 | 99 |
| 1927 | #627 | 130 |
| 1926 | #680 | 115 |
| 1925 | #686 | 115 |
| 1924 | #628 | 143 |
| 1923 | #649 | 129 |
| 1922 | #615 | 141 |
| 1921 | #560 | 163 |
| 1920 | #513 | 185 |
| 1919 | #593 | 141 |
| 1918 | #506 | 181 |
| 1917 | #451 | 204 |
| 1916 | #461 | 192 |
| 1915 | #438 | 195 |
| 1914 | #497 | 126 |
| 1913 | #488 | 109 |
| 1912 | #466 | 104 |
| 1911 | #496 | 69 |
| 1910 | #438 | 83 |
| 1909 | #421 | 76 |
| 1908 | #410 | 77 |
| 1907 | #402 | 78 |
| 1906 | #413 | 68 |
| 1905 | #401 | 71 |
| 1904 | #382 | 74 |
| 1903 | #346 | 83 |
| 1902 | #357 | 80 |
| 1901 | #339 | 82 |
| 1900 | #341 | 94 |
| 1899 | #324 | 86 |
| 1898 | #340 | 84 |
| 1897 | #337 | 76 |
| 1896 | #355 | 67 |
| 1895 | #315 | 85 |
| 1894 | #307 | 81 |
| 1893 | #332 | 66 |
| 1892 | #309 | 77 |
| 1891 | #274 | 82 |
| 1890 | #298 | 69 |
| 1889 | #371 | 42 |
| 1888 | #308 | 60 |
| 1887 | #302 | 50 |
| 1886 | #302 | 47 |
| 1885 | #263 | 57 |
| 1884 | #277 | 48 |
| 1883 | #278 | 40 |
| 1882 | #300 | 34 |
| 1881 | #325 | 24 |
| 1880 | #288 | 29 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Orpha was already there! It came in at #288, and was given to 29 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Orpha is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#147 · 1 in 733
- North Dakota#180 · 1 in 972
- Minnesota#229 · 1 in 1,660
- Kansas#244 · 1 in 1,662
- Oklahoma#270 · 1 in 1,651
Best ever in a state: #147 in West Virginia, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #147 | 22 | 1 in 733 |
| North Dakota | #180 | 8 | 1 in 972 |
| Minnesota | #229 | 13 | 1 in 1,660 |
| Kansas | #244 | 9 | 1 in 1,662 |
| Oklahoma | #270 | 12 | 1 in 1,651 |
| Iowa | #275 | 10 | 1 in 2,063 |
| Indiana | #283 | 9 | 1 in 2,698 |
| Nebraska | #298 | 5 | 1 in 2,361 |
| Ohio | #309 | 14 | 1 in 3,621 |
| Michigan | #314 | 11 | 1 in 3,107 |
| Wisconsin | #336 | 6 | 1 in 3,882 |
| Virginia | #338 | 7 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Pennsylvania | #358 | 16 | 1 in 5,839 |
| Kentucky | #415 | 6 | 1 in 4,127 |
| Missouri | #448 | 6 | 1 in 4,761 |
| Tennessee | #466 | 5 | 1 in 4,875 |
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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 Orpha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 80 spots in 1920 (#593 → #513)
- Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1937 (#961 → #1,180)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #263 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1936
- Highest: 1 in 2,262 girls born in 1891 were named Orpha (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #263 in 1885, was only 1 in 2,334 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.5% of all girls named Orpha (1,404) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 431 | #263 (1885) | #301 |
| 1890s | 773 | #274 (1891) | #319 |
| 1900s | 783 | #339 (1901) | #381 |
| 1910s | 1,404 | #438 (1915) | #483 |
| 1920s | 1,307 | #513 (1920) | #642 |
| 1930s | 611 | #721 (1933) | #913 |
| 1940s | 289 | #1,206 (1942) | #1,641 |
| 1950s | 157 | #2,122 (1954) | #2,979 |
| 1960s | 81 | #3,801 (1963) | #4,785 |
| 1970s | 56 | #4,246 (1970) | #7,296 |
| 1980s | 39 | #6,705 (1983) | #9,419 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,442 (1993) | #13,442 |
| 2000s | 21 | #15,405 (2008) | #16,114 |
| 2010s | 11 | #14,962 (2012) | #15,589 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,477 (2024) | #13,477 |
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.
Orpha in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
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1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 5,300 of them was named Orpha, which outranked 91.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.