Recorded 1918–1938 Girls' name Peak 1918 37 births

Orletta — girls' name

37 babies named Orletta in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s101920s191930s8
1920s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Orletta was born in this single decade.

1918
Single peak year

10 babies were named Orletta in 1918 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Orletta

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Orletta between 1918 and 1938, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orletta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orletta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Orletta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orletta 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 37 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.

Orletta at a glance

Last recorded 1938

Total births

37

Since 1918

21 years of records

Peak year

1918

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1938

Active since

1918

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 1938

Orletta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1918

Last recorded 1938
Peak year (1918)
10
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
4681012 19381926192219211918 10

Orletta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
19 births that decade — 51% of Orletta's all-time total
1910s101920s191930s8

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Orletta?
37 babies have been named Orletta since 1918. It was last recorded in 1938. The peak year was 1918 with 10 births.
When was Orletta most popular?
Orletta was most popular in the 1920s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 1918.
How long has the name Orletta been used?
Orletta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 21 years of data through 1938.
What names are similar to Orletta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Orla, Orly, Orlena, Orlean, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1918–1938 (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.