Orla

girls’ name · 80%boys’ name · 20%At its peakCompare

Orla is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 71 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 710.00% of girls
Peak year: 202471 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1892: 1,415people given the name

Babies named Orla, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

1,129 girls have been named Orla in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 71 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2020s alone account for 25%.

Orla is used for both sexes: 20% of its bearers are boys (286), most of them born around 1921.

By decade

Decade	girls named Orla
1890s	17
1900s	5
1910s	71
1920s	120
1930s	59
1940s	26
1950s	20
1960s	16
1990s	56
2000s	179
2010s	273
2020s	287

In 2024, its biggest year

Orla was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Orla

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.