Girls' name · since 1915

Orphie

Orphie has 24 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#43,753 of 72,339
all-time among girls
24
born since 1915
1920s
peak decade

Orphie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 24 recorded since 1915.

Orphie has 24 recorded births among girls since 1915, 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 1915 to 1922.

  • #43,753 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 24 born since 1915
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orphie ranks #43,753 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.

#43,753 of 72,339
all-time among girls
24
born since 1915
1920s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Orphie's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Orphie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Orphie's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 6 births recorded.

Orphie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1922

Last recorded 1922
Peak year (1915)
6
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
6 1915192019211922 6

Orphie by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (18 births, 75% of the file).

1920s was Orphie's strongest decade.

18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.

Orphie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 18 births (75% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Orphie?
24 babies have been named Orphie since 1915. All-time, it sits at #43,753 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1922. The peak year was 1915 with 6 births.
Where does Orphie sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Orphie ranks #43,753 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Orphie most popular?
Orphie was most popular in the 1920s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Orphie been used?
Orphie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 8 years of data through 1922.
What names are similar to Orphie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Orpha, Orpah, Orphia. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Orphie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1915–1922 (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 Orphie 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.