Orchid — #9004 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Orchid

The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Orchid between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orchid currently holds the #9004 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orchid performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Orchid shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Orchid in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orchid 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 295 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.