Recorded 1915–2022 Girls' name Peak 1920 103 births

Orabelle — girls' name

103 babies named Orabelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s351920s562010s62020s6
1920s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Orabelle was born in this single decade.

1920
Single peak year

18 babies were named Orabelle in 1920 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Orabelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Orabelle between 1915 and 2022, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orabelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orabelle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Orabelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Orabelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orabelle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 103 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Orabelle at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

103

Since 1915

108 years of records

Peak year

1920

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1915

Recorded for 108 years

Last year on file: 2022

Orabelle popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1915

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1920)
18
Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
05101520 2022192819231921191919171915 9

Orabelle by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
56 births that decade — 54% of Orabelle's all-time total
1910s351920s562010s62020s6

Orabelle by state

Where Orabelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Orabelle
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
5 4.9%
Illinois share of Orabelle's total US births 4.9%

5 of 103 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Orabelle?
103 babies have been named Orabelle since 1915. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1920 with 18 births.
When was Orabelle most popular?
Orabelle was most popular in the 1920s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 1920.
Where is Orabelle most popular?
The top states for the name Orabelle are Illinois (5 births).
How long has the name Orabelle been used?
Orabelle has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 108 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Orabelle?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ora, Oralia, Oralee, Oral, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.