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Orla

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Orla was most popular in 2024, when 71 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,462 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,466, with 70 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,485 people named Orla.

Most popular in2024
Rank that year#4,462
Births that year71
Total since 18801,485
Given to81% girls

Orla over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Orla’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Orla a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Orla is mostly a girl’s name — 80.7% of the 1,485 Americans given it were girls and 19.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Orla is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org