Orlo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Orlo

The Social Security Administration has registered 920 babies named Orlo between 1881 and 2022, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Orlo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orlo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Orlo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Orlo in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orlo 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 920 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.