Orfa — girls' name
15 babies named Orfa in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Orfa was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Orfa in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orfa
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Orfa between 1949 and 1993, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orfa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orfa performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Orfa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. 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 Orfa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orfa 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 15 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.
Orfa at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orfa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1949
- Peak year (1949)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
15 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 5 births in a single year.
Orfa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 5 births that decade — 33% of Orfa's all-time total
Orfa decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Orfa's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Orfa by state
Where Orfa concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 33.3% |
5 of 15 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 33.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 33.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1949–1993 (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.