Boys' name · since 1916
Orbra
Orbra has 42 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,413 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Orbra is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 42 have been recorded since 1916.
Orbra has 42 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1948.
- #23,413 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 42 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orbra ranks #23,413 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,413 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 42
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Orbra's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Orbra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Orbra splits its recorded history at 1926: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Orbra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1948
- Peak year (1927)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Orbra by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (20 births, 48% of the file).
1920s was Orbra's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Orbra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
20 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 20 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Orbra's decade-level peak was the 1920s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Orbra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Orbra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.