Girls' name · since 1933

Orcella

5 babies named Orcella in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1933. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#69,255 of 72,339
all-time among girls
5
born since 1933
1930s
peak decade

Orcella is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 5 have been recorded since 1933.

Orcella has 5 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1933.

  • #69,255 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 5 born since 1933
  • 1930s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orcella ranks #69,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1933, peaking in the 1930s.

#69,255 of 72,339
all-time among girls
5
born since 1933
1930s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Orcella's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Orcella popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1933

Last recorded 1933
Peak year (1933)
5
Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
5 1933 5

Orcella by decade

1930s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).

1930s was Orcella's strongest decade.

5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Orcella births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1930s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Orcella?
Orcella has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1933, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #69,255 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1933. 5 babies were born in 1933, its single highest year.
Where does Orcella sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orcella ranks #69,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Orcella most popular?
Orcella was most popular in the 1930s decade with 5 total births. The single peak year was 1933.
How long has the name Orcella been used?
Records for Orcella go back to 1933, giving 1 year of history through 1933.
What names are similar to Orcella?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Orchid. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Orcella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1933–1933 (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 Orcella 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.