Girls' name · since 1899
Orpah
107 babies named Orpah in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1899
- 1920s
- peak decade
107 girls have been named Orpah since 1899, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Orpah has 107 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 1950.
- #26,414 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 1899
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orpah ranks #26,414 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1899, peaking in the 1920s.
- #26,414 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1899
- 1920s
- peak decade
Orpah's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Orpah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Orpah's full recorded timeline at 1919, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1899, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1923 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Orpah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–1950
- Peak year (1923)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Orpah by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (57 births, 53% of the file).
1920s was Orpah's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Orpah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
40 births
- 1920s
1920s
57 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 57 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Orpah's data
- Orpah's decade-level peak was the 1920s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Orpah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1899–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Orpah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.