Orlando
Orlando is ranked 844th among boys in 2024 (288 births). Its best rank was 246th, in 1975.
- Rank in 2024
- #844down 69 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2880.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 1987877 births
- Best rank
- #246in 1975
- Since 1880
- 49,177people given the name
The story in the numbers
49,177 boys have been named Orlando in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 877 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 562 → 844).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 16%. It has spent 144 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Orlando | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 137 | |
| 1890s | 104 | |
| 1900s | 130 | |
| 1910s | 1,135 | |
| 1920s | 1,607 | |
| 1930s | 1,029 | |
| 1940s | 1,134 | |
| 1950s | 2,777 | |
| 1960s | 5,972 | |
| 1970s | 6,880 | |
| 1980s | 7,637 | |
| 1990s | 6,864 | |
| 2000s | 7,496 | |
| 2010s | 4,710 | |
| 2020s | 1,565 |
In 1987, its biggest year
Orlando was the 256th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1987 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Orlando
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anthonypeak 1990
- Antoniopeak 1997
- Mariopeak 1980
- Jacquespeak 1969
- Alfredopeak 1993
- Larspeak 2000
- Felipepeak 2001
- Rubenpeak 1992
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.