Orlinda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Orlinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 321 babies named Orlinda between 1915 and 1974, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orlinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orlinda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Orlinda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Orlinda in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orlinda 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 321 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.