Orpha — #13432 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Orpha

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,969 babies named Orpha between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Orpha currently holds the #13432 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 204 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Orpha performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 1,404 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Orpha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 361 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Orpha in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Orpha 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 5,969 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.