Orlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Orlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 402 babies named Orlene between 1912 and 1971, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orlene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Orlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Orlene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orlene 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 402 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.