Girls' name · since 2006
Orlaith
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 49 babies named Orlaith, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,306 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,192 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 49
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
49 babies have been named Orlaith since 2006, making it today's #14192 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orlaith has been recorded 49 times among girls since 2006, currently ranked #14192 nationally and more common than 18% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #35,306 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,192 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 49 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orlaith ranks #35,306 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,192 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 49 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,306 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,192 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 49
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Orlaith's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Orlaith compares
49 16th percentile among 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
Orlaith's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Orlaith | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 49 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Orlaith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Orlaith splits its recorded history at 2020: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Orlaith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Orlaith by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (33 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Orlaith's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Orlaith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 33 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Orlaith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Orlaith 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.