Orlie — boys' name
345 babies named Orlie in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Orlie was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Orlie in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Orlie
The Social Security Administration has registered 345 babies named Orlie between 1885 and 1961, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orlie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Orlie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Orlie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Orlie 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 345 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.
Orlie at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Orlie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1885
- Peak year (1918)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
345 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 20 births in a single year.
Orlie popularity over time — girls
12 total births recorded since 1919 (Orlie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Orlie accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Orlie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 106 births that decade — 31% of Orlie's all-time total
Orlie decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Orlie's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% 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, 1885–1961 (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.