Unisex name · since 1892

Orla

1,199 babies named Orla in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#6,616 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,519 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,199
born since 1892
2020s
peak decade

Orla currently ranks #2519 among unisex names in America, with 1,199 babies recorded since 1892.

Orla has 1,199 recorded births among girls since 1892, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2519 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.

  • #6,616 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #2,519 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,199 born since 1892
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orla ranks #6,616 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,519 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,199 born since 1892, peaking in the 2020s.

#6,616 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,519 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,199
born since 1892
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%85.4%
Orla vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Orla's 1,199 recorded births place it above 90.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

8 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.

How Orla compares

1,199 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Orla's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Orla Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,199 376 567,345
Peak-year births 71 21 19,840

Orla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Orla splits its recorded history at 1964: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1898 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 71 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Orla popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
71
Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
020406080 189219181927193819641999200820172025 70

Orla popularity over time - boys

286 total births recorded since 1880 (Orla as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 286 births
468101214 188018871899191519201925193019451965 6

Orla by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (357 births, 30% of the file).

2020s was Orla's strongest decade.

357 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.

Orla births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 357 births (30% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Orla compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Orla's total volume

Orla vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 3%4%5%6%7%8% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -32, 7%-105, 4.6%-42, 7.3%-108, 3.4%-101, 3.5%-113, 7%-52, 6.4%-53, 6.2%-47, 7.4%-50, 6.7%-62, 6.5%-144, 4.3%-45, 5.8%-38, 4.2%-62, 6.7%Orla-134, 5.9%Orla
Orla vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Orla by state

Where Orla concentrates geographically, total births since 1892

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Orla
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
91 7.6%
#2 California
40 3.3%
#3 Massachusetts
39 3.3%
#4 Illinois
24 2.0%
#5 Minnesota
24 2.0%
#6 Pennsylvania
11 0.9%
#7 New Jersey
9 0.8%
#8 Ohio
5 0.4%
New York share of Orla's total US births 7.6%
Even split

91 of 1,199 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Orla? ▼
Since 1892, Social Security records show 1,199 babies named Orla. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #6,616 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #2,519 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 71 births.
Where does Orla sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orla ranks #6,616 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,519 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Orla most popular? ▼
Orla was most popular in the 2020s decade with 357 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Orla most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Orla are New York (91 births), California (40 births), Massachusetts (39 births).
Is Orla a unisex name? ▼
Yes, Orla is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 1,199 births, and as a boy's name it has 286 births.
How long has the name Orla been used? ▼
Records for Orla go back to 1892, giving 134 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Orla? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Orly, Orlena, Orlean, Orli, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Orla's data

  • New York records the most Orlas (91 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nearby Names Like Orla

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Orla

Orly Girl
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Orlena Girl
648 births
Orlean Girl
543 births
Orli Girl
#5611 512 births
Orlene Girl
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Orla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1892–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Orla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.