Orla
Orla was the 2532nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 1892, when it ranked 1410th; the most babies were born in 2024 (71). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,155 places. More babies were named Orla in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,532 girls, up 1,806 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 70girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202471 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,485babies recorded
Orla popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,532 | — | 70 | — |
| 2020 | #4,338 | — | 32 | — |
| 2010 | #6,129 | — | 22 | — |
| 2000 | #5,883 | — | 19 | — |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | #3,761 | — | 7 | — |
| 1930 | #3,585 | #2,738 | 8 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,241 | #2,911 | 17 | 10 |
| 1910 | #2,693 | — | 5 | — |
| 1900 | — | #1,275 | — | 6 |
| 1890 | — | #657 | — | 10 |
| 1880 | — | #1,026 | — | 5 |
How popular is Orla, counting every spelling?
Orla has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Orla?
70 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Orla (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Orla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 120 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Orla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Orla?
About 900 people born in the US named Orla are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 4 and 19. That makes Orla a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Orla by state
How common Orla was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.2×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Orla
How popular is the name Orla?
Orla was the 2532nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 1892, when it ranked 1410th; the most babies were born in 2024 (71). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,155 places. More babies were named Orla in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Orla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Orla in the US.
Where is Orla most popular?
In 2021–2025, Orla was most common in Massachusetts (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and New York.