Orlean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Orlean

The Social Security Administration has registered 543 babies named Orlean between 1896 and 1970, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orlean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orlean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Orlean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Orlean in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orlean 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 543 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.