Orenda — girls' name
30 babies named Orenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Orenda was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Orenda in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orenda
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Orenda between 1981 and 2000, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orenda performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Orenda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orenda 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 30 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.
Orenda at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1981
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
30 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 7 births in a single year.
Orenda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12 births that decade — 40% of Orenda's all-time total
Orenda decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Orenda's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1981–2000 (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.