Orella — girls' name
108 babies named Orella in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Orella was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Orella in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orella
The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Orella between 1906 and 1938, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orella performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Orella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orella 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 108 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.
Orella at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1906
- Peak year (1919)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
108 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 16 births in a single year.
Orella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 60 births that decade — 56% of Orella's all-time total
Orella decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Orella's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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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, 1906–1938 (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.