Orelia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Orelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 981 babies named Orelia between 1887 and 2023, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orelia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Orelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 375 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Orelia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orelia 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 981 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.