Orlee — unisex name
41 babies named Orlee in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Orlee was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Orlee in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orlee
The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Orlee between 1919 and 1986, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orlee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Orlee is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1919.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orlee performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Orlee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orlee 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 41 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.
Orlee at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orlee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1919
- Peak year (1923)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
41 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 11 births in a single year.
Orlee popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1919 (Orlee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Orlee accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Orlee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 21 births that decade — 51% of Orlee's all-time total
Orlee decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Orlee's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1919–1986 (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.